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Pros And Cons Of Kwashiorkor

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. You say I'm hungry as you scrape the remaining food on your plate into the garbage. You say I'm starving when you miss breakfast. You ask for something else to eat because the food in front of you doesn't appeal to your taste. You say I'm hungry like you know what it actually feels like to starve. The pictures in front of you show Ethiopian children. You'd think they're well fed because of what looks like full stomach. Sadly this means the exact opposite. Malnutrition is when you don't have enough of the right nutrients, kwashiorkor is an extreme form of malnutrition, many of these Ethiopian children suffer from kwashiorkor causes things like swollen feet, and ankles, as well as an extremely bloated abdomen. This is why most starving
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