Nutritional Deficiency Diseases

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Nutritional Deficiency Diseases: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Balanced Diet, Rickets, Kwashiorkor, Nutrients, Malnutrition, Scurvy, Marasmus, Goitre, Night Blindness, Protein-energy Malnutrition and, Deficiency Diseases

Important Questions on Nutritional Deficiency Diseases

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White hair is a cause of deficiency of vitamin -

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Which one of the following is essential for preventing dental caries?

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Which of the following cannot be a part of a vegan diet?
1. eggs
2. fish
3. milk
4. vegetables

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Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below
List I List II
A. Vitamin B12 1. Magnesium
B. Heamoglobin 2. Cobalt
C. Chlorophyll 3. Copper
D. Brass 4. Iron

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Disease caused by Zn deficiency is

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Night blindness can be corrected by intake of:

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'Curled Toe Paralysis' in chicks is a disease symptom, which is caused due to deficiency of which of the following element?

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The toxic role of which one of the following is observed in the condition known as teart?

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What food deficiency causes kwashiorkor?

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Protein-energy malnutrition affects infants and children to produce _____ and Kwashiorkor.

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Night blindness is caused by _____ deficiency.

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_____ is the another name of rickets.

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Rickets is caused due to lack of vitamin C.

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What is the cause of rickets?

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What is the another name of rickets?

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What do you understand by rickets?

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Scurvy is generally easy to treat by increasing vitamin D levels.

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What are the different ways to treat scurvy?

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Deficiency of vitamin A causes scurvy.

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Which vitamin deficiency causes scurvy?