2 forms:
- Kwashiorkor:
- Fair-to-normal energy intake, but inadequate protein.
- Associated with oedema and hepatomegaly.
- Word comes from the Ghanian language, Ga, and implies "the disease that the young child develops when displaced from his mother's breast by another child or pregnancy".
- Marasmus:
- Inadequate energy and protein intake.
- Associated with severe wasting.
