The researchers found that certain biomechanical factors were associated with multiple stress fractures, including a high foot arch, leg-length inequality, and excessive inward turn of the foot. Forty percent of the fracture-prone women reported menstrual irregularities, compared with about 7% in the control group.
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The term protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) applies to a group of related disorders that include marasmus, kwashiorkor (see the images below), and intermediate states of marasmus-kwashiorkor.The term marasmus is derived from the Greek word marasmos, which means withering or wasting.he term kwashiorkor is taken from the Ga language of Ghana and means the sickness of the weaning.. Williams first used the term in 1933, and it refers to an inadequate protein intake with reasonable caloric (energy) intake.