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6 Name the following -
a) Disease caused due to deficiency of calcium in our diet.
b) These are fat soluble vitamins
c) The pigment that gives blood its characteristic red colour.

7 Write the deficiency disease caused due to lack of the following ingredients if
not added in our diet -
a) Vitamin C
b) Chlorine
c) Protein
d) Iron

8 Some foods are eaten raw while others are cooked before eating.
a) What are the advantages of cooking food?
b) State two points that we should take care of while cooking.

9 The food that we eat daily is our diet. It must include a variety of nutrients in
the right proportion.

a) What is a balanced diet?
b) Why do people working as labourers need more carbohydrates than
people doing desk jobs?
c) What kind of food should be served to sick people? Why?

10 a) What do you understand by the term ‘deficiency diseases’? Give two
examples.
b) What health issues are seen in underdeveloped countries?(Any 2)
c) Why do they occur?