It has been shown that under-nutrition, particularly protein malnutrition, can lead to irregular brain maturation and learning disabilities.

In another study using rats, it was found that the size of the hippocampus (the central region in memory functioning) was affected by protein malnutrition.

People with protein malnutrition, burns, infections, rapid growth, and other conditions might need supplemental arginine.

Even diets of mild protein malnutrition (7.2%) have been shown to have lasting and significant effects.

Hair loss is also a risk of protein malnutrition.

Major morbidity associated with hookworm is caused by intestinal blood loss, iron deficiency anemia, and protein malnutrition.

Therefore, the disease attributed to hookworm is silent blood loss leading to iron deficiency anemia and protein malnutrition.

A patient with decreased plasma transferrin can suffer from iron overload diseases and protein malnutrition.

"Our greatest problem is protein malnutrition."

Too little protein in the diet (protein malnutrition).