If you were to mention the word or phrase "Kwashiorkor", almost everyone in this world would respond with a puzzled look, a muffled response and have no idea how to do it what do you you reported. In the Ga language he is literally known as “one who is physically displaced”. When you think of Santa Claus or old Saint Nicholas, what images come to mind? For the most part he is a cheerful old man with a large, dominant and distended, round belly. Now, with that image in your imagination, put the same physical characteristic (round belly) on a small child, this is known as a disease called Kwashiorkor Disease. Although rare in the United States, it is widespread in poor countries where there is extreme famine, low levels of education, and limited food availability (“Human Nutrition in the Developing World,” n.d.). Presented first you will include the epidemiology, disease process, and treatment of this fascinating disease. Epidemiology Known as the most widespread and common nutritional disease in major developing countries, Kwashiorkor is a very serious condition. Kwashiorkor condition is a form of malnutrition in which a young child does not get the protein he or she needs in the diet, but at the same time gets enough calories. It usually affects children between the ages of one and three, but studies show that it can develop at any age (“Human Nutrition in Developing Countries,” n.d.). Although the disease is rarely seen here in the United States and in developing countries, it is a very dominant and widespread disease in sub-suburban Africa, Southeast Asia, and Central America ("Human Nutrition in the World in developing world", n.d.). When this disease occurs in the United States... focus of the paper... FRCPCH, JE (2013, May 9). Kwashiorkor. Retrieved November 11, 2013, from https://online.epocrates.com/noFrame/showPage.do?method=diseases&MonographId=1022&ActiveSectionId=21National Center for Biotechnology Information. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ Nutrition for Everyone: The Basics: Protein | DNPAO | CENTER FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/nutrition/everyone/basics/protein.html Trehan, I., Goldbach, H. S., & LaGrone, L. N. (2013). Antibiotics reduce the mortality rate of malnourished children. Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management, 20(7), 299. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.cpcc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1426367777?accountid=10008Williams, C.D., & Lond, H. (1935). The Lancet. Kwashiorkor, 226(5855), 1151-1152. Retrieved from http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(00)94666-X/fulltext