FTP, identify this disease of severe protein malnutrition that takes its name, meaning "deposed child," from the Niger-Congo dialect of Ghana where it is most predominant.
A type of marasmus, this condition can be effectively treated by the consumption of dried skim milk.  It is common to children weaned on a diet consisting chiefly of cereal grains and starchy foods; and its most common symptoms include potbelly, anemia and edema, and depigmentation of the skin. Another symptom is the reddish-orange coloration of hair, which led in part to this affliction's connotation of "red boy" in one dialect.  FTP, identify this disease of severe protein malnutrition that takes its name, meaning "deposed child," from the Niger-Congo dialect of Ghana where it is most predominant.
A type of marasmus, this condition can be effectively treated by the consumption of dried skim milk.  
kwashiorkor