Best Answer: The cost is between $1 - $3, depends on the kind of potato, price can be higher. The average bag will have somewhere around 15 - 20 small/medium potatoes.
When deficient, a person may experience unhealthy weight loss (think anorexia), weakness, muscle wasting, and edema (swelling/water retention). They may also experience hypotension (low blood pressure), bradycardia (slow heart rate) and pigmentary changes in the skin.
Protein-energy malnutrition results when diets lack sufficient protein as well as energy. Police bring a 2-year old child into a clinic, the child has a swolen belly and feet, but the arms and upper legs are so thin, the skin hangs from them. The police report indicates the child was severely neglected by the parents.