Malnutrition in African Adults

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Abstract
African subjects suffering from low-protein malnutrition and sometimes also hookworm anemia were studied in N balance experiments. Diets high in calories and protein caused N retention up to 10 g/day continuously, but actual weight gains did not correspond to calculated tissue gains. Retention of N could be markedly diminished by cortisone administration. Protein deficiency may have created initially a gross alteration in the proportions of body constituents, and the deposition of protein on the high protein diet may have been largely masked by simultaneous removal of fat.