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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. |