Question

what are defiency diseases?

Answer 1

Diseases caused by not having enough nutrients. E.g: scurvy caused by lack of vitamin C.

Answer 2

Body needs some materials for normal functioning. like protein, vitamins(A, Bcomplex,C,D,E), minerals like(zinc,iron, manganese, magnesium, selinium, etc.Deficiency(less quantuty) of these materials in diet(food) vauses diseases like kwashiorker and marasmus in protein deficiency, night blindness(vit A), beri-beri(vit b1),pernicious anemia (vit b12), megaloblastic anemia(foalte), iron deficiency anemia(fe2+) etc

Answer 3

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_deficiency_disease

Answer 4

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