A TWO-CENTURY PERSPECTIVE OF SOME MAJOR NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY DISEASES IN CHILDHOOD

ABSTRACT: Vahlquist, B. (Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden). A two-century perspective of some major nutritional deficiency diseases in childhood. Acta Paediatr Scand, 64:161, 1975.–In this review, dealing with historical aspects and the present day situation in developing countries, three major nutritional deficiencies among children are discussed, namely rickets, iron deficiency anaemia and protein energy malnutrition (PEM).