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 Protein Calorie Malnutrition is one of the most widespread nutritious deficit diseases in our country and postures a severe health problem in children under five years of age. Protein Calorie Malnutrition is also notorious as Protein Energy Malnutrition. The clinical features of this diseases include marasmus, marasmic kwashiorkor and kwashiorkor. Protein Calorie Malnutrition also defines the biochemical distinctions counting with carbohydrate, fat, protein, water, electrolyte metabolisms, haematological changes, pathological changes hormonal changes and changes in mental growth occurring during protein calorie malnutrition. This also gives an impression about the measures which could be implemented for avoiding this type of nutritional syndrome. kwashiorkor and marasmus are usual in infants and children below 5 years of age,  in such case the nutritional amino acid content is inadequate to satisfy growth requirements. The chronic conditions of protein calorie malnutrition tends to be physically inactive, mentally apathetic, and susceptible to frequent infections.  

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