Mains Paper II · 3 Science & Technology · 3.3 Nutrition, diseases and vaccines

3.3.1 Nutrition: vitamins, minerals, deficiency and lifestyle diseases

A balanced diet supplies carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals, fibre and water; a shortage of any one gives a named deficiency disease, and an excess of calories gives lifestyle diseases.

  • APPSC Group 2 · Mains Paper II
  • Advanced level
  • 6 min read
  • Full course

Key terms

  • vitamins
  • minerals
  • scurvy
  • rickets
  • beriberi
  • goitre
  • anaemia
  • kwashiorkor
  • marasmus
  • diabetes
  • BMI

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