BIOLOGY [1 Mark Question Answer]

This results in symptoms such as fatigue, weakness, dizziness and shortness of breath

Some of the most common causes of low vision include age-related macular degeneration, diabetes and glaucoma.

Kwashiorkor most commonly affects children, particularly in developing countries with high levels of poverty and food insecurity.

Beriberi is a deficiency of thiamine, more commonly known as vitamin B1.

bleeding gums, loosened teeth and bleeding under your skin.

Rickets is a condition that affects bone development in children.

Protein Energy Malnutrition (PEM) is a deficiency disease caused in the infants due to ‘Food Gap’ between the intake and requirement.

Malnutrition is an imbalance between the nutrients your body needs to function and the nutrients it gets.

Droplet infection is an infection that is spread from one person to another by droplets of moisture released from the upper respiratory tract either by sneezing or coughing.

A vector is a living organism that transmits an infectious agent from an infected animal to a human or another animal. Vectors are frequently arthropods, such as mosquitoes, ticks, flies, fleas and lice

Rickets:
Vitamin D deficiency causes rickets.
It can result in weak bones and decaying teeth.
The source of prevention of rickets is incorporating fish liver oil, eggs, and butter into the diet, sunlight is also a good source of vitamin D.

Kwashiorkor: Kwashiorkor is the odd-one out as it is a protein deficiency. disease while the rest three are vitamin deficiency diseases.

Measles: is the odd-one out as it a disease caused by a virus while the rest three are bacterial diseases.