1. Kwashiorkor, also known as «cdematous malnutrition» because of its association with edema (fluid retention), is a nutritional disorder most often seen in regions experiencing famine. It's most common in sub-Saharan Africa and other countries where people routinely have a limited supply of food. It is a form of malnutrition caused by a lack of protcin in the dict. People who have kwashiorkor typically have an extremely emaciated appearance in all body parts except their ankles, feet, and belly, which swell with fluid. The symptoms of kwashiorkor include: change in skin and hair color (to a rust color) and texture, fatigue, diarrhca, loss of muscle mass, failure to grow or gain weight, irritability, cnlarged liver (hepatomegaly). What causes the symptoms of kwashiorkor? For the answer: a) specify what proteins everybody needs for nourishing diet; b) explain the mcaning of «nitrogen balance». Specify the nitrogen balance observed in protcin starvation and in growing children; c) enumerate biologically active compounds formed in the human body from amino acids; d) point out the pathways which are accelerated or slowdown in protein starvation

1. Kwashiorkor, also known as «cdematous malnutrition» because of its association with edema (fluid retention), is a nutritional disorder most often seen in regions experiencing famine. It's most common in sub-Saharan Africa and other countries where people routinely have a limited supply of food. It is a form of malnutrition caused by a lack of protcin in the dict. People who have kwashiorkor typically have an extremely emaciated appearance in all body parts except their ankles, feet, and belly, which swell with fluid. The symptoms of kwashiorkor include: change in skin and hair color (to a rust color) and texture, fatigue, diarrhca, loss of muscle mass, failure to grow or gain weight, irritability, cnlarged liver (hepatomegaly). What causes the symptoms of kwashiorkor? For the answer: a) specify what proteins everybody needs for nourishing diet; b) explain the mcaning of «nitrogen balance». Specify the nitrogen balance observed in protcin starvation and in growing children; c) enumerate biologically active compounds formed in the human body from amino acids; d) point out the pathways which are accelerated or slowdown in protein starvation

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