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The impact of supplementary feeding programme on the nutritional morbidity of children

R. K. Puri, Parveen Chawla, Monica Sharma

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Children constitute the most precious resource for a country. Hence, atmost care must be exercised to promote their health and to protect them from diseasess In India about one to two per cent of pre-school children belonging to poor communities suffer from the severe forms of protein - energy malnutrition like kwashiorkor and marasmus.

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Children constitute the most precious resource for a country. Hence, atmost care must be exercised to promote their health and to protect them from diseasess In India about one to two per cent of pre-school children belonging to poor communities suffer from the severe forms of protein - energy malnutrition like kwashiorkor and marasmus.

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Children constitute the most precious resource for a country. Hence, atmost care must be exercised to promote their health and to protect them from diseasess In India about one to two per cent of pre-school children belonging to poor communities suffer from the severe forms of protein - energy malnutrition like kwashiorkor and marasmus.

Key concepts: Marasmus, Kwashiorkor, Malnutrition, Protein–energy malnutrition, Environmental health, Medicine, Malnutrition in children, Pediatrics

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