Deficiency Diseases
Category : 6th Class
Deficiency Diseases
The people, who do not get all the nutrients in required amount, suffer from deficiency diseases.
Look at the following pictures:
These people are suffering from nutrients deficiency diseases.
Look at the following table:
| Deficiency diseases | Causes |
|
Kwashiorkor Marasmus Night blindness Beri-beri Scurvey Rickets Goitre Anaemia |
Lack of proteins Lack of proteins and carbohydrates Lack of vitamin A Lack of vitamin B1 Lack of vitamin C Lack of vitamin D and calcium Lack of iodine Lack of iron |
Note: More than one third of the world’s malnourished children live in India.
The UN estimates that 2.1 million Indian children die before reaching the age of 5 every year.
Obesity: Diets that contain high-calorie foods with little nutritional value, such as fast foods, sugary drinks, processed foods, refined flours and unhealthy fats, can cause weight gain called obesity.
Anaemia is caused because of:
Anaemia is caused because of
(a) Lack of calcium
(b) Lack of phosphorus
(c) Lack of iron
(d) Lack of iodine
(e) None of these
Answer: (c)
Which one of the following food is a rich source of fat?
(a) Butter
(b) Ghee
(c) Mustard oil
(d) All of these
(e) None of these
Answer: (d)
Our food is composed of carbohydrates, fats', proteins, vitamins, water roughages minerals.
Carbohydrates and fats provide energy to our body.
Proteins are known as body building material.
A balance diet contains adequate amount of nutrients, roughage and water.
Kwashiorkor is caused by lack of proteins.
Night blindness is caused by lack of vitamin A..
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