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In Guatemala, as in many developing countries, various forms of protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) — kwashiorkor (edematous), marasmus (starvation), and marasmic-kwashiorkor (mixed) — still prevail. The loss of fat mass and of lean body mass attendant to severe malnutrition can cause a change in the distribution of water and solids within the body. Both the percentage of total body water and of extracellular water in malnourished children is above normal even when there is not a clinical edema (Viteri, 1981).
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Vettorazzi, C., Molina, S., Grazioso, C., Mazariegos, M., Siu, ML., Solomons, N.W. (1990). Bioelectrical Impedance Indices in Protein-Energy Malnourished Children as an Indicator of Total Body Water Status. In: Yasumura, S., Harrison, J.E., McNeill, K.G., Woodhead, A.D., Dilmanian, F.A. (eds) In Vivo Body Composition Studies. Basic Life Sciences, vol 55. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1473-8_6
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