Observations on nutritional marasmus in a newly rich nation
1980
Mamarbachi, D. | Pellett, P.L. | Basha, H.M. | Djani, F.
Adequate housing, income and maternal education seem to be necessary to prevent infantile marasmus. In Tripoli, Libya, the family backgrounds of 50 marasmic infants (average age less than 7.4 months) were compared to those of 50 control infants. Total income between the groups was similar as was the purchasing of consumer items such as TV sets, cars and refrigerators. Large families were significantly more common in the marasmic group. The Libyan marasmic infant is often the most recent baby in a large family, and his mother is often illiterate and only breast feeds for a short period of time, using supplementary foods early. Only when the child is severely ill is he brought to a hospital.
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