human nutrition

Question 1

balanced diet

Answer 1

a diet which contains all the nutrition in the correct amount and portion to maintain good health

Question 2

importance of carbohydrates

Answer 2

production of energy

Question 3

importance of proteins

Answer 3

growth and tissue repair

Question 4

importance of fats and oils

Answer 4

store of energy
insulation
some hormones

Question 5

scurvy

Answer 5

bleeding under your skin and gums

Question 6

rickets

Answer 6

condition which affects bone development (soft bones get deformed)

Question 7

vitamin c

Answer 7

maintaining healthy skin and gums

deficiency : scurvy and rickets

Question 8

vitamin d

Answer 8

maintaining hard bones and helps absorbs calcium from the small intestine
deficiency: rickets

Question 9

calcium

Answer 9

strong bones and teeth and normal blood clotting

deficiency: rickets, brittle bones and teeth, slow blood clotting

Question 10

iron

Answer 10

formation of haemoglobin for red blood cells

deficiency: anemia

Question 11

anaemia

Answer 11

when there’s not enough blood cells so there isn’t a lot of oxygen being delivered to tissues.

Question 12

fibre

Answer 12

cellulose adds mass to undigested food , maintaining peristalsis
deficiency: constipation

Question 13

water

Answer 13

formation of blood and cytoplasm
solvent for the transportation of nutrients and removal of waste

deficiency: dehydration