الفهرس 
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Abstract
Each week that goes b~ .ore than a qu~~er o~ a milLion
youn~ children still die, in the developing world, from
frequent infection and prolonged under nutrition. Tha death
of I!I.child wbo has a nl1I11Band” personality, a f’am!ly and a
future, is a ;t>ebuketo ,,11 humanity cmrt,OBF, 1988).
’r)le seriousness of protein Energy ~l!Iinutritio” (PEKI
doeS not only lie in its effect o,n mor-r.ality in infancy a,nd
early childhood, but also it touches the lives of even larger
mmhers of children who 1ive on with ill he.alth and poor
9rowt.h, unable today to d4tvel.Op to th ••ir full mental and
physical potential, ”lnable tomorrow tQ fully contrlb””t.e to
the fanilies they will have or the communities in which they
will live. Therefor,e PEH )las bee.n termed lSometilll!ils ”th.e
primary deterr ••• nt to human proqress” ,(mn:c!::!’, 1988).,
The causeS of pga eQnstitut~ a co~plex network of
factors which are the most dange’rQus e.naies to humanity :
Ignorance, poverty 8.nd 111n_5.
The aim ot this work 1s to hiqh-llqbt on f;.h •• preva~ent
risk factors of PEM in Qualubya. GovernQrate of Egypt to
correlate these factors with the age, distrIct, cliniCl31
findings llnd the severity of the disease of patients coming
to Benha University hospital.