Question

Outline the deficiencies in calories, protein, vitamins, or minerals that can cause illness and death, especially in children.

Answer 1

ev atsit vonal deficiencies is the condition of unproper or inadequate inadequate food food intake or inadequate absorption Undes nutrition is widely recognized as a major health problem in the developing countries food supply the energy for physical activity & other metabolic tuition for maintaining growth x development in children & wear & tear of tissue. Nutritional deficiencies in children are as follows 17 calories : undernourishment in children caused by deficiency of calories & protein in diet calorie is the amount of energy needed for raising the temperature of one gram of water by one degree celcius Kwashiorkar : It is related to protein deficiency through calovje intake i Marasmus : It is starvation in children accuring due to overall. lack of calories - when adequate calories are not ingested to fulfill the metabolic needs of the

body, reserve food elements such as protein & fat in the tissue are used to sustain life Protein Deficiency : Proteins are building that can causes serions illnesses like kwashiorkar & Marasmus to small children sources of protein : milk, pulses, egg, meat Protein energy malnutrition is caused by protein deficiency. It is a group of body depletion disorder which kwashiorkas & marasmus Marasmus: Represents simple starvation The body adapts to a chronic state of insufficient calorie intake kwas hiorkar & It is the body's response to insufficient protein intake but usually sufficient calories for energy. li> impaired mental health illy oedema iry organ failure ry muscle wasting vi/ weakened immunity viis shrinkane of muscle tissue

are essential & gums etc. By vitamins Deficiency: vitamins a organic substances that are essen for several enzymatic functions in human metabolism. They help in keeping eyes, bones teeth & gums. healthy. vitamins Deficiencies 1. enitamin-A iz ocular change : Night Blindness & xexopthalmia p> Extra-ocular changes: growth retardation Acquired immune deficiency Anemia 2 vitamin D Rickets (cholecalciferol) osteomalacia 3. Vitamin-k coagulation defect 4. vitamin C Scurvy (bleedy gums) 5. Vitamin B -B1 Beri-Beri stomatitis , Glossitis Pellagra Anemia 1.li

ev atsit vonal deficiencies is the condition of unproper or inadequate inadequate food food intake or inadequate absorption Undes nutrition is widely recognized as a major health problem in the developing countries food supply the energy for physical activity & other metabolic tuition for maintaining growth x development in children & wear & tear of tissue. Nutritional deficiencies in children are as follows 17 calories : undernourishment in children caused by deficiency of calories & protein in diet calorie is the amount of energy needed for raising the temperature of one gram of water by one degree celcius Kwashiorkar : It is related to protein deficiency through calovje intake i Marasmus : It is starvation in children accuring due to overall. lack of calories - when adequate calories are not ingested to fulfill the metabolic needs of the

body, reserve food elements such as protein & fat in the tissue are used to sustain life Protein Deficiency : Proteins are building that can causes serions illnesses like kwashiorkar & Marasmus to small children sources of protein : milk, pulses, egg, meat Protein energy malnutrition is caused by protein deficiency. It is a group of body depletion disorder which kwashiorkas & marasmus Marasmus: Represents simple starvation The body adapts to a chronic state of insufficient calorie intake kwas hiorkar & It is the body's response to insufficient protein intake but usually sufficient calories for energy. li> impaired mental health illy oedema iry organ failure ry muscle wasting vi/ weakened immunity viis shrinkane of muscle tissue

Minerals 1 eminesals are micro-nutrients Deficiency) important for pooper functioning of body parts i> iron- eAnaimia iz calcium - Brittle bones, excess bleeding - stunned growth iiix Phosphorus - Bad bones, teeth body . weakness iv Sodium - Dehydration Vy Iodine -Goiter Vix Fluorine - Dental decay Vi Potassium - muscle wedknus , paralysis

are essential & gums etc. By vitamins Deficiency: vitamins a organic substances that are essen for several enzymatic functions in human metabolism. They help in keeping eyes, bones teeth & gums. healthy. vitamins Deficiencies 1. enitamin-A iz ocular change : Night Blindness & xexopthalmia p> Extra-ocular changes: growth retardation Acquired immune deficiency Anemia 2 vitamin D Rickets (cholecalciferol) osteomalacia 3. Vitamin-k coagulation defect 4. vitamin C Scurvy (bleedy gums) 5. Vitamin B -B1 Beri-Beri stomatitis , Glossitis Pellagra Anemia 1.li