Less Calorie and Protein disease or malnutrition is a disease that occurs as a result of an imbalance between caloric intake or carbohydrate and protein to the energy needs.
In general, this disease occurs in children under five, this is due to the children of this age will experience rapid growth. If in the rapid growth there is imbalance between food consumption and caloric needs, there will be deficiency of calories and protein.
Kinds of Less Calorie and Protein Diseases:
1. Mild Disease of Less Calorie and Protein
The indicator of mild disease of less calorie and protein is that the weight of a child is 84-95% of the body weight according to the Harvard standard.
2. Moderate Disease of Less Calorie and Protein
The indicator of moderate disease of less calorie and protein is that a child's weight is about 44-60% of standard weight according to Harvard.
3. Severe Disease of Less Calorie and Protein
The indicator of Severe Disease of Less Calorie and Protein or Malnutrition is that the weight of a child is less than 60% of body weight according to the standard of Harvard.
Other experts expressed that There are two Kinds of Less Calorie and Protein Disease; Mild or less nutrition and severe or malnutrition (marasmus / kwashiorhor).
The Characteristics of a child suffering from malnutrition are:
1. Skinny child
2. The weight is less than 60% of the ideal weight of a normal child
3. The face looks like a shriveled old man
4. The child tends to be apathetic to the surrounding
5. Rare head hair, smooth and reddish
Meanwhile, clinical sign of the Less Calorie and Protein disease that occurs in adults is edema (edema honger / HO) which is known as starvation.
