How many people have died from protein deficiency? Understanding the complex link to mortality
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While severe, isolated protein deficiency is rare, the broader condition of Protein-Energy Malnutrition (PEM) is a major contributor to global mortality. A 2022 analysis cited over 212,000 recorded PEM-related deaths in 2019 alone, highlighting the devastating scale of how many people have died from protein deficiency.
