Question

what is malnutrition? explain few nutritional deficiency diseases

Answer 1

malnutrition- deficiency of nutritions
iron - anemia
vitamin A - blindness
vitamin D - bone weaknesss

Answer 2

What is malnutrition?

Eating of food that does not have one or more than one nutrients in required amount is known as malnutrition.

Malnutrition is of three types:

1) Calorie malnutrition

2)Protein malnutrition

3)Protein calorie malnutrition

Deficiency diseases:

1.Kwashiorkor disease:

● This is due to protein deficiency in diet. Body parts become swollen due to accumulation of water in the interncellular spaces. Very poor muscle development, swollen legs, fluffy face, difficult to eat, diarrhoea,dry skin, are the symptoms of this disease.

2.Marasmus:

● This is due to deficiency of both proteins and calories.Generally this disease occurs when there is an immediate second pregnancy or repated child births.