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==Key Stage 3==
===Meaning===
A '''deficiency disease''' is an illness caused by missing some nutrients from your diet.
===About Deficiency Diseases===
: Not having a balanced diet can cause a deficiency disease.
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| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |'''Scurvy'''
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |'''Kwashiorkor'''
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |'''Rickets'''
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|[[File:Starvation.png|center|200px]]
|[[File:Scurvy.png|center|200px]]
|[[File:Kwashiorkor.png|center|200px]]
|[[File:RicketBones.png|center|200px]]
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| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Not enough food, especially foods with a lot of energy, causes you to become too thin.
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Too much food, especially foods with a lot of energy, causes you to gain weight and increases the risk of heart attack.
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Not enough [[Vitamin C ]] causes your wounds to stop healing, sores to appear on the tongue and skin and teeth to fall out.| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Not enough [[protein ]] causes your organs [[organ]]s to swell.| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Not enough [[Vitamin D]] causes [[bone]]s to become bendy.
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