Micronutrients and Micronutrient Deficiencies

It refers to a person’s condition of not getting enough or appropriate food.

• Micronutrient Deficiencies

• Malnutrition

• Disease

• Obesity

The following are results of Malnutrition except for one. Which is not included?

• Poor school performance

• Sluggishness and fatigue

• Slow growth and development

• Active and energetic

Vitamin A Deficiency (VAD) primarily affects children. It causes night blindness that may lead to permanent blindness (xerophthalmia). True or False?

• TRUE

• FALSE

Iron deficiency can lead to enlargement of the thyroid/goiter, and hypothyroidism, or may cause mental retardation in infants and children whose mothers lacked iodine when they were pregnant.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Which of the two illustrations best describes a malnourished person?

• A only

• B only

• Both A & B

• No correct answer