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When breast feeding is replaced by less nutritive food low in proteins and calories; the infants below the age of one year are likely to suffer from:

Option: 1

Rickets


Option: 2

Kwashiorkor


Option: 3

Pellagra


Option: 4

Marasmus


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Marasmus is a severe health disease that occurs in infants of less than 1 year when breast feeding is replaced by less nutritious food low in proteins and calories. Thus, the correct answer is option d. 

 

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Sanket Gandhi

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