A 21-year-old woman has been on a low-protein liquid diet for the past 2 months.She has had adequate calories and appears well nourished.In further assessing her,what would the nurse expect to find?

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Kwashiorkor (protein malnutrition)is due to diets that may be high in calories but contain little or no protein (e.g.,low-protein liquid diets,fad diets,and long-term use of dextrose-containing intravenous fluids).The serum albumin would be less than 3.5 g/dL.

A 21-Year-Old Woman Has Been on a Low-Protein Liquid Diet