Effects Of A Poor Diet Flashcards
1
Q
What is a nutrient deficiency?
A
If you have to little of a particular nutrient, you have a deficiency in it. Different deficiencies can cause different problems.
2
Q
Vitamin A deficiency
A
Causes blindness
3
Q
Vitamin C deficiency
A
Causes scurvy, which makes the gums bleed.
4
Q
Vitamin D deficiency
A
Causes rickets, which makes the legs bow outwards in growing children.
5
Q
What is foods content energy measured in?
A
Kilojoules (KJ)
6
Q
How do you become too thin?
A
By eating too little food and using up the store of fat.
7
Q
How do you become too fat?
A
By eating too much, which will increase the store of fat, making you too fat.
8
Q
It is important to balance the amount of food you eat depending on…
A
your, age, height, what you do and how much exercise you do.
