Difference between revisions of "Deficiency Disease"

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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.

Starvation	Obesity	Scurvy	Kwashiorkor	Rickets

Not enough food, especially foods with a lot of energy, causes you to become too thin.	Too much food, especially foods with a lot of energy, causes you to gain weight and increases the risk of heart attack.	Not enough Vitamin C causes your wounds to stop healing, sores to appear on the tongue and skin and teeth to fall out.	Not enough protein causes your organs to swell.	Not enough Vitamin D causes bones to become bendy.

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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;" |'''Rickets'''
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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 [[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 to swell.
+| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Not enough [[protein]] causes your [[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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