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A deficiency disease is an illness caused by missing some nutrients from your diet.

Not having a balanced diet can cause a deficiency disease.

Some Deficiency diseases you should know:

Starvation - Not enough food, especially carbohydrates and fats. This can be cured by eating more food.
Kwashiorkor - Not enough protein. This can be cured by eating more meat, beans or lentils.
Anemia - Not enough Iron. This can be cured by eating more red meat or spinach.
Scurvy - Not enough Vitamin ]]C. This can be cured by eating Citrus fruits.
Rickets - Not enough Vitamin D. - This can be cured by eating more fish, drinking more milk or spending more time in the sun as the skin can make Vitamin D with the help of sunlight.

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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 : Not having a balanced diet can cause a deficiency disease.
+Some Deficiency diseases you should know:
+*[[Starvation]] - Not enough food, especially carbohydrates and [[Lipid|fats]]. This can be cured by eating more food.
+*[[Kwashiorkor]] - Not enough [[protein]]. This can be cured by eating more meat, beans or lentils.
+*[[Anemia]] - Not enough [[Iron]]. This can be cured by eating more red meat or spinach.
+*[[Scurvy]] - Not enough Vitamin ]]C. This can be cured by eating [[Citrus]] fruits.
+*[[Rickets]] - Not enough [[Vitamin D]]. - This can be cured by eating more fish, drinking more milk or spending more time in the sun as the skin can make [[Vitamin D]] with the help of sunlight.