Marasmus

What is Marasmus?

• a disease resulting from a lack of vitamin C

• a form of severe malnutrition caused by the lack of nearly all nutrients

• the state of being grossly fat or overweight. This is a wrong answer

• a form of minor malnutrition caused by the lack of all nutrients

What is Malnutrition?

• lack of nutrients

• having too much nutrients

Your body needs proteins to build and repair tissues

• True

• False

Your body needs carbohydrates to get rid of wastes

• True

• False

Which nutrients cause Marasmus when they are out of balance?

• All nutrients

• Protein, lipids and fat

• Protein, lipids and carbohydrates

• proteins and carbs

Where is Marasmus most common in these countries?

• America

• England

• Africa and India

• Bangladesh

What treatment is best for Marasmus?

• small amount of particular foods through tubes into the stomach

• eating only lipids

• drinking more water

• eating the right amount of nutrients