Talk:Marasmus

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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 1 July 2019 and 23 August 2019. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Kmiller22, JVIDUYA, Tranhtruong, Kevindichosen1.

Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT (talk) 03:18, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

Article categorization
This article was initially categorized based on scheme outlined at WP:DERM:CAT. kilbad (talk) 23:36, 20 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Hchnxnbc 223.176.94.194 (talk) 00:53, 15 October 2023 (UTC)

Description is either based on bad data.... OR contains critical meaning-changing syntax error at its very core
"Body weight MAY be reduced to less than 80% of the average weight that corresponds to the height" (emphasis added) - 20% (or less!) deviation from average weight is meaningless, doubly so when not stating whether there's accounting for age, gender, build/girth, or endemic obesity among reference groups. Having this at the very centre of the description characterizing the condition is farcical...UNLESS - DOES THIS MEAN TO SAY "REDUCED *BY*" UP TO 80 PERCENT, INSTEAD OF TO 80%?! 208.127.80.210 (talk) 17:13, 19 September 2012 (UTC)

Superseded Pathology of Kwashiorkor
The article mentions that marasmus can be distinguished from kwashiorkor in that kwashiorkor is a disorder of protein-deficiency. More recent studies have essentially disproven this theory - kwashiorkor is in fact caused by energy deficiency and possibly potassium deficiency in the diet. See in particular Goldman's article "Protein Deficiency, Energy Deficiency and the Oedema of Malnutrition" (Golden, M. H. Protein Deficiency, Energy Deficiency, and the Oedema of Malnutrition. The Lancet, 1982, 319 (8284), pp. 1261-1265.) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.78.56.194 (talk) 05:50, 29 April 2014 (UTC)

Not proper
I did not get a proper answer for my question can you please add something related to the disease.. please i am not getting any answers for my one question Ainee Nan (talk) 12:25, 10 July 2016 (UTC)

Deficiency of what?
The article starts off describing this as a deficiency of energy and later as a deficiency of nutrients, which is it?Kurtdriver (talk) 13:54, 15 July 2016 (UTC)

A rose by any other name would smell as sweet
The details of this article describe what is in effect a particularly slow form of starvation, and should probably be merged with that article rather than having its own entry. Xander T. (talk) 12:41, 14 January 2017 (UTC)

Foundations 2 2019, Group 5b goals
Possible topics to discuss: 1. Epidemiology in US 2. Epidemiology internationally 3. Mortality/Morbidity rate 4. Find citations for information

Citation [3] was added.

Tranhtruong (talk) 21:44, 29 July 2019 (UTC)
 * No goals? No goals at all? Health policy (talk) 04:43, 31 July 2019 (UTC)

Team 5a Peer Review by Team 5b
Team 5b did add sections for US and international epidemiology including data on prevalence, but did not include mortality/morbidity rates as stated in their original goals. Overall, I think their work still adds a lot of value to the article; great work! Mlomanto (talk) 21:21, 5 August 2019 (UTC) Does the draft submission reflect a neutral point of view? If not, specify… Are the points included verifiable with cited secondary sources that are freely available? If not, specify… Are the edits formatted consistent with Wikipedia’s manual of style? If not, specify… Is there any evidence of plagiarism or copyright violation? If yes, specify…
 * The group added mainly facts and statistics of the epidemiology of marasmus in the US and Internationally. They were neutral and did not use any biased language. Christinewmin (talk) 16:26, 6 August 2019 (UTC)
 * I found one citation added by Team 5b. All of the information added by Team 5b was supported by this article, which is available to people with a (free) MedScape account. The only change I would recommend would be to include another citation after the sentence added under Epidemiology>Race to make it clear where this information came from. Mlomanto (talk) 16:52, 6 August 2019 (UTC)
 * The citations follow proper guidelines and formatting, nice work! DanielPerez144 (talk) 16:51, 6 August 2019 (UTC)
 * I searched their edits in Google and did not find any signs of plagiarism. Great! Kshim054 (talk) 16:22, 6 August 2019 (UTC)

Marasmus
Marasmus 162.216.141.61 (talk) 14:11, 3 August 2022 (UTC)