KWASHIORKOR

KWASHIORKOR

Disease

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What does kwashiorkor mean?

• Kwashiorkor is a disease children get from not eating enough protein.

  A child suffering from Kwashiorkor will not grow as quickly as a normal, healthy child.

  He/she may also have a distended (large, pointed) tummy and hair loss.

• Kwashiorkor

• a form of malnutrition caused by protein deficiency in the diet, typically affecting young children in the tropics.

• nothing

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Name 3 foods to prevent kwashiorkor.

• beef

• chicken

• protein

• pork

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What diseases do you get when you have kwashiorkor?

• Colds and gastroenteritis.

• Only kwashiorkor

• sinus

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Will the children who has kwashiorkor grow?

• Yes

• No

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You need to get ________ to prevent kwashiorkor.

• protein

• Vitamin D

• nothing

• fruits

• vegetable

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What are symptoms of kwashiorkor.

• loss of muscle mass. an enlarged tummy ("pot belly") regular infections, or more serious or long-lasting infections. red, inflamed patches of skin that darken and peel or split open. dry, brittle hair that falls out easily and may lose its colour. failure to grow in height.

• nothing

• not eating vegetable

• is an inflammation of the lining of the intestines caused by a virus, bacteria, or parasites.

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Kwashiorkor is mostly seen in the of continent

• ...Africa

• ...Jamaica

• ...U.S.A

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You can have kwashiorkor __-__ years

• 1-4

• 1-5

• 1-9

• 2-100

• 123-9098

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Do you need foods from all food the food groups to

• Yes

• No