| Protein Energy Malnutrition |
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| u | “Protein-energy
malnutrition (PEM) is |
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| by far the most
lethal form of |
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| malnutrition.
Children are its most |
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| visible
victims. Malnutrition, “the |
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| silent
emergency,” is an accomplice |
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| in at least
half of the 10.4 million |
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| child deaths
each year. These young |
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| lives are
prematurely – and |
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| needlessly –
lost “ |
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| www.who.int/nut/index.htm |
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| (9/2004) |
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