Protein-Energy Malnutrition
1993; Cambridge University Press; Linguagem: Inglês
10.1017/chol9780521332866.173
Autores Tópico(s)Diet and metabolism studies
ResumoProtein-energy malnutrition (PEM) or, as it is still sometimes called, protein-calorie malnutrition (PCM), is a term of convenience that refers to a range of syndromes among infants and children of preschool age in whom manifestations of growth failure occur because of protein and energy deficiencies. In most instances this condition besets those in the less developed world of Asia, Africa, and Latin America, where dietary factors are thought to be a crucial part of the etiology. PEM thereby tends to exclude what is conventionally known as “failure to thrive” in Europe and North America, in which the vast majority of cases result from organic disorders such as cystic fibrosis or congenital heart disease problems and are not so directly associated with diet as such.
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