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Marasmus is a form of :
Answer: A
Marasmus is a form of adapted starvation.
In marasmus the body has adapted to a long-term shortage of energy and protein: it burns its fat stores and wastes its muscles to keep vital functions going, so the child is extremely thin but without oedema, and liver function and serum proteins are relatively preserved. Kwashiorkor, by contrast, is described as non-adapted (dysadaptive) starvation, with oedema and a fatty liver.
Mixed malnutrition is marasmic kwashiorkor, and 'severe undernutrition' is the broad category that includes both forms rather than what distinguishes marasmus.
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