KWASHIORKOR	MARASMUS
Protein deficiency with sufficient   caloric intake	Starvation in infants with overall lack  of calories
6mt- 3 yr	< 1yr
Growth failure	Growth failure
Wasting of muscles but preserves   adipose tissues	Wasting of all tissues
Oedema present	Oedema absent
‘Flag sign’ – alternate bands of light (depigmented) and dark (pigmented) hair	Monkey- like face , protruded abdomen, thin limbs
Enlarged fatty liver	No fatty liver