Abstract: Protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) is a major problem in modern children. They effect lot of growth and minerals like Ca+, Zn+, Iron, and Po4. These minerals directly affect growing children along with Protein Energy Malnutrition.
Materials and Methods: The study was conducted on those suffering from malnutrition subjects in Malwanchal University (Index Medical College & Hospital, Department of SPM, and Pediatrics Department. These parameters under assessed by 150 cases and 150 controls.
In this study cases and controls interpret the values of minerals are significantly lowered except phosphate is elevated p=0.01, z=0.01, t=0.01.
Conclusion: The minerals such as serum Ca+, Zn+, Iron, and Po4 are poor in PEM children because the lack of minerals widely affects growth and bone (demineralization) protein synthesis. formation of hemoglobin leads to effects lot of metabolic abnormalities, loss of appetite, impairment of zinc-dependent cholecystokinin hormone leads to effect of bile production lack of vitamin D and cholesterol absorption low calcium effect.
Low transferrin levels and transferrin saturation were seen in this study.
