Exams › NEET › Biology

When breast feeding is replaced by less nutritive food low in proteins and calories; the infants below the age of one year are likely to suffer from:

1. Rickets
2. Kwashiorkor
3. Pellagra
4. Marasmus

Correct answer: Marasmus

Solution

Marasmus results from prolonged deficiency of total calories and protein, leading to marked wasting in infants. Replacing breast milk with low-nutrition food commonly causes this type of severe undernutrition.

Related NEET Biology questions

• Diarrhea through food can be avoided by
• Renal rickets is related to old age
• Which is the drug used by health workers in the management of acute respiratory illness?
• Identify the correct pair representing the causative agent of typhoid fever and the confirmatory test for typhoid.
• Match the following diseases with the causative organism and select the correct option. Column-I: (a) Typhoid (b) Pneumonia (c) Filariasis (d) Malaria Column-II: (i) Wuchereria (ii) Plasmodium (iii) Salmonella (iv) Haemophilus
• The infectious stage of Plasmodium that enters the human body is

⚔️ Practice NEET Biology free + battle 1v1 →