Protein-energy malnutrition is a very important health problem and is especially common in children in developing countries. Depending on the level of malnutrition, treatment for edematous malnutrition or wasting malnutrition is carried out for children.

Children with protein deficiency malnutrition will have slow physical and mental development. So what is protein-energy malnutrition? What causes protein deficiency malnutrition?

Parents need to take early action to care for severely malnourished children. The “golden time” to care for a baby is about 1000 days from when the baby is a fetus until he or she is 2 years old. The baby will have the best physical development in the future if he or she is well and properly nourished during this time.