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* Beriberi is caused due to deficiency of Vitamin B.

* Rickets is caused due to deficiency of Vitamin D.
* It is very important to preserve food. It is done by refrigeration, drying,
vacuum packing, boiling, salting, canning, bottling, pickling and fermenting.

A. Answer the following questions.

1. What is malnutrition?
2. What symptoms can be seen in a child suffering from marasmus?

3. What is rickets? How is it caused?

4. What is food preservation?

5. How is pickling done?
B. Fill in the blanks.

1. In rickets, the child’s legs becomes_______________ .

2. Anaemia is caused due to deficiency of _______________ in our diet.

3. _______________ is the main cause of malnutrition.
4. Goitre is caused due to deficiency of_______________ .

5. It is important to maintain _______________ to keep food safe.

C. Match the following.

1. Night Blindness a) Vitamin C
2. Scurvy b) Iodine

3. Goitre c) Vitamin A

4. Anaemia d) Iron

5. Rickets e) Vitamin B
6. Beriberi f) Vitamin D

D. Give two examples of each of the following.

1. Nutrients : _______________ _______________
2. Deficiency diseases : _______________ _______________

3. Foods rich in Vitamin B : _______________ _______________

4. Foods rich in fats : _______________ _______________

5. Ways of food preservation : _______________ _______________

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