Environmental Enteropathy

In low-income countries, sanitation sometimes is not what we would like. The diet doesn't have enough animal, protein, and animal fat. And that in combination with the low-protein low-fat diet actually leads to a scenario where it used to be called tropical enteropathy. It can also happen in adults, but it's harder to tell because they don't grow as quickly.

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