8 health (Nutrition and personal health)

Which of the following is not the cause of malnutrition?

• poor diet

• intake of imbalanced nutrients

• poverty

• physical exercise

Which disease caused by deficiency of proteins and calorie in the body?

• rickets

• marasmus

• anemia

• scurvy

Which of the following is the symptom of disease marasmus?

• loss of appetite and severe weight loss

• tenderness in bones

• bone fracture

• cornea of the eyes get dry

Rickets is caused due to

• deficiency of protein

• deficiency of vitamin C

• deficiency of vitamin D

• deficiency of fat

Due to lack of vitamin D, body cannot absorb...............

• sodium and phosphorus

• phosphorus and silicon

• calcium and phosphorus

• sodium and silicon

Decrease in the hemoglobin content of the blood causes which of the following disease?

• marasmus

• rickets

• scurvy

• anemia

Anemia is caused due to lack of ..............

• iron

• copper

• vitamin C

• All of the above

This disease can be prevented by....................

• exposure of sunlight

• taking enough protein

• taking vitamin C

• eating enough vitamin A

Deficiency of which vitamin is the main cause of night blindness?

• Vitamin D

• Vitamin A

• Vitamin C

• Vitamin E

In which case respiration is faster than normal ?

• anemia

• scurvy

• deficiency of vitamin A

• Hemoglobin content in the blood is high