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The first clinical description of protein energy malnutrition was made in 1865 in Spanish which led to little dissemination of the information. In 1932, [[kwashiorkor]] was first described by Dr. Cicely Williams, working with African children on the Gold Coast. The word [[kwashiorkor]] came from the Ga language of Accra, Ghana meaning the 'disease of the deposed baby when the next one is born'. The term [[marasmus]] is derived from the Greek word 'marasmos', which means [[Withering abalone syndrome|withering]] or [[wasting]]. | |||
==Historical Perspective== | ==Historical Perspective== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Omodamola Aje B.Sc, M.D. [2]
Overview
The first clinical description of protein energy malnutrition was made in 1865 in Spanish which led to little dissemination of the information. In 1932, kwashiorkor was first described by Dr. Cicely Williams, working with African children on the Gold Coast. The word kwashiorkor came from the Ga language of Accra, Ghana meaning the 'disease of the deposed baby when the next one is born'. The term marasmus is derived from the Greek word 'marasmos', which means withering or wasting.
Historical Perspective
- Prior to 1959 it was considered that protein-energy malnutrition (PEM), or protein-calorie malnutrition as it was then called, was attributable principally to dietary deficiency and therefore it could be prevented or treated by dietary measures alone.[1]
- The disease called kwashiorkor in the Ga language of Accra, Ghana means ‘the disease of the deposed baby’. The term signifies that the sickness an elder child may get when a younger one is born.
- In 1932, kwashiorkor was first described by Dr Cicely Williams, working with African children on the Gold Coast.
- Williams identified a relationship between the low-protein maize diet of the children and the occurrence of the syndrome.
- In 1933, classical kwashiorkor was first described in the literature as a ‘well marked syndrome of the deposed infant’.
- In the 1950s kwashiorkor dominated medical research agendas in South Africa and also in the international arena.
- Into the 1970s, nutritionists focused on the development of high protein foods for weaning.