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Deficiency Diseases
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are deficiency diseases? | Deficiency disease are those associated with the lack of certain nutrient in the diet |
| What does the deficiency diseases include? | They include Rickets and scurvy |
| How does rickets happen? | They happen due to low levels of vitamin D |
| What can u do to avoid deficiency diseases? | You can eat more of nutrients that you need more of |
| How does scurvy happed? | They happen due to low levels of vitamin C |
| What happenes when u dont get enough of vitamin A? | You loose your vision (blindness) |
| How can you get more of vitamin D? | You can spend more time in the sunshine to get more of vitamin D |
| How can you get more of vitamin C? | You can eat more of citrus foods and drink orange juice |
| What are the symptoms of scurvy? | The symptoms of scruvy are feel very tired and weak all the time.Aswell you can have swollen and bleeding gums |
| What are the symptoms of Rickets? | The symptom of rickets is delayed growth and muscle weakness. |