Diet, drugs and disease - class-VI
Description: diet, drugs and disease | |
Number of Questions: 19 | |
Created by: Akash Patil | |
Tags: nutrition and diet biology diet, drugs and disease evs - i food and health digestive system of human food components and nutrition health and hygiene constituents of food food security nutrition - food supplying system |
An animal with a diet deficient in atleast one essential nutrient is said to be
Excess intake of the following causes obesity
Junk food eaten frequently leads to
To avoid obesity you should eat junk food.
Obesity is due to extra consumption of
Excess of fat rich food may result in
The body mass index (BMI), or Quetlet index, is a heuristic proxy for human body fat based on an individual's weight and height. BMI does not actually measure the percentage of body fat. Body mass index is defined as the individual's body weight divided by the square of his or her height. The formula universally used in medicine produce a unit of measure of kg/$m^2$. Archana, who is 32 years old, consumes 1900 calories per day and does no exercise. She weighs 150 pounds and she is 5.3 feet tall. Choose the correct answer regarding her BMI. [Note : 1 pound = 0.45 kg; 1 foot = 30.4 cm.]
Marasmus disease is caused due to
Marasmus is due to deficiency of
Observe the below statements.
(i) Protein deficiency in diet leads to Kwashiorkor disease.
(ii) Deficiency of only calories leads to Marasmus disease.
Rickets and Kwashiorkor are
Thin limbs, oedema and diarrhea develop due to protein deficiency in
Kwashiorkor, a disorder of children, is due to
One has to include more meat, butter, milk and eggs in his diet if he is
Marasmus is caused by deficiency of
Marasmus differs from Kwashiorkor in
Marasmus occurs due to
Marasmus is caused by deficiency of
As breast feeding is replaced by less nutritive food low in proteins and calories, infants below the age of one year are likely to suffer from