Question

A patient had stunted growth, swelling on face, discolouration of hair and skin disease. The doctor advised him to eat a lot of pluses, grams, egg white,milk etc. What is wrong with the patient? explain?

answer from ch 2 ( components of food )...from book​

Answer 1

Answer:

Deficiency of proteins leads to symptoms like stunted growth, swelling on the face, discolouration of hair and skin diseases. Hence, the patient is not taking enough protein in his diet. This is the reason why doctor advised him to eat a lot of pulses, grams, egg white, milk etc.

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Answer 2

Explanation:

the intake of proteins are not enough for his or her diet and all the symptoms:- stunted growth, swelling of face , etc are caused due to protein deficiency

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