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Cooldude101

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on: Jun 22, 2018
The wasting away of the body that results when infants receive a diet low in all essential nutrients, often because their mothers are too malnourished to provide adequate breast milk, is called
 
  a. Kwashiorkor. c. marasmus.
  b. neoteny. d. poor nutrition.

Question 2

Children who ______ produce lower levels of human growth hormone than do children who do not live in such environments.
 
  a. are malnourished
  b. eat food with little nutritional value
  c. have very little protein in their diets
  d. live in environments with high level of stress


kilada

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

D


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