WorksheetsLesson 2 - Unbalanced diet/ deficiency diseases
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 14mins
What can happen if you don't eat enough?
Obesity
Starvation
Diarrhoea
What can happen if you eat enough too?
Obesity
Starvation
Deficiency disease
Who needs more energy each day?
Babies
Atheletes
Teenagers
What are the correct units of energy?
Joules
Kilograms
Calories
What does a deficiency in vitamin A cause?
Goitre
Scurvy
Blindness
What does a deficiency in iron cause?
Anemia
Rickets
Scurvy
What is the main reason why we need protein in our diet?
For energy
For fibre
For growth and repair
What is the deficiency disease of proteins?
Anaemia
Kwashiokor
Scurvy
Night Blindness
Fibre helps with?
Scurvy
Vitamin C
Peristalsis
Constipation
Good source of fibre?
Nuts, pasta
Banana
Beans, lentils
Cake
Rickets symptoms?
Bent, soft bones
Cannot see in the darkness
Mental confusion and partial paralysis
Bleeding gums
Identify the disease and name the deficiency that causes it?
Kwashiorkar, caused due to deficiency of proteins
Kwashiorkar, caused due to deficiency of proteins and carbohydrates
Marasmus, caused due to deficiency of proteins
Marasmus, caused due to deficiency of proteins and carbohydrates
Deficiency of __________ causes Night blindness.
Vitamin B1
Vitamin D
Vitamin A
Deficiency of which nutrient leads to this disease?
Vitamin A
Vitamin D
Vitamin C
Lack of exposure to sunlight may lead to deficiency of this ______________.
Vitamin D
Vitamin K
Vitamin E
The deficiency diseases can be prevented by having ___________.
Junk food
Balanced diet rich in fresh fruits and vegetables
Lots of water
Infection and bleeding of gums can be prevented by having foods rich in ___________.
Iron
Calcium
Vitamin C
What kind of disease do you get from a lack of calcium and vitamin D?
kwashiorkor.
rickets.
scurvy.
Which nutrient provides more energy?
Carbohydrates
fats
water
Dietary fibre
Which nutrient helps in healing of wounds and repair of worn out tissues?
Carbohydrate
Vitamins
Minerals
Protein
Body-building foods
Proteins
fats
Minerals
Fibres
This adds bulk to our food and helps in easy passage , thus maintaining proper bowel movement.
Protein
Fats
Dietary fibre
MInerals
