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Goitre is caused due to the deficiency of in our diet.

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Important Questions on Components of Food

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Deficiency of which vitamin causes Scurvy?
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Which nutritive element is found in abundance in fish?
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Night Blindness is caused by deficiency of
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 Why is it advisable to have iodized salt in our diet?
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Identify the mismatched pair:

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Give the symptoms and disease caused by the deficiency of iodine.

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Name two protein deficiency diseases with symptoms.
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Name the following: Deficiency of which mineral is responsible for causing goitre.
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Iron deficiency causes anaemia.
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Define the term nutritional disorders.
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Shyam once went to a poor family of two children. He saw that both the children had a protruding belly, swollen legs, and were underweight. He advised their father to give children enough milk, pulses and eggs.
Deficiency of which food item in the diet was responsible for the symptoms which Shyam observed?
 
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Choose the odd one.
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How is goitre caused?
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Which disease is caused by the deficiency of proteins and carbohydrates in children?
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Shyam once went to a poor family of two children. He saw that both the children had protruding belly, swollen legs, and were underweight. He advised their father to give children enough milk, pulses and eggs.

Which values are displayed by Shyam in taking this initiative?

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Discuss the functions of the various vitamins and their deficiency leads to over a period of time.
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A disease caused due to the lack of one or more nutrients is called a 
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Lack of vitamin _____ causes rickets.
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What are deficiency diseases?
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Give two symptoms seen in a patient suffering from a deficiency of iron in the diet. Name the disease.