Potential Use of Soybean Flour (Glycine max) in Food Fortification

Protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) results from prolonged deprivation of essential amino acids and total nitrogen and/or energy substrates. Growth which is a continuous process re‐ sults from the complex interaction between inheritance and environment. Protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) also results from food insufficiency as well as from poor social and eco‐ nomic conditions [6, 20]. Malnutrition originates from a cellular imbalance between nu‐ trient/energy supply and the body's demand to ensure growth and maintenance [22]. Dietary energy and protein deficiencies usually occur together, although one sometimes predominates the other and if severe enough, may lead to the clinical syndrome of kwa‐ shiorkor (predominant protein deficiency) or marasmus (mainly energy deficiency).