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Article: Social chaos, diet faddism behind kwashiorkor. (Nutritional Ignorance).
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- Pediatric News
- Article date:
- December 1, 2001
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Kwashiorkor in the United States is usually the result of nutritional ignorance, social chaos, food faddism, avoidance of food allergens, or a combination of these factors, said Dr. Theodore Liu of the University of California, San Francisco, and his associates.
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