Balanced Diet - Edubirdie

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Eastern Kentucky University
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HEA 216 | Introduction to Public Health
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2021
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Tamara Walton

Balanced Diet A diet consisting of all the essential nutrients that our body needs in right proportion for proper growth is called as a Balanced Diet. Balanced Diet Eating excess of food rich in fats food like French fries or samosa may end up in obesity. Deficiency diseases Diseases occurring due to lack of nutrients over a long period of time are called Deficiency diseases. For e.g. lack of iodine in diet causes goiter. Protein deficiency- If a person does not get enough proteins in his/her food for a long time, he/she is likely to have stunted growth, swelling of face, discolouration of hair, skin diseases and diarrhoea. Marasmus and Kwashiorkor are protein deficiency diseases. Below is a table discussing the deficiency diseases with their symptoms Vitamin/ Mineral Deficiency disease/ disorder Symptoms Vitamin A Poor vision The vision is lost in dark or may get lost completely. Image

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