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Multiple choice biology food components and nutrition effect on general health growth and development in young people nutrient deficiency diseases

Inadequate protein intake leads to Kwashiorkor. The subsequent edema is most closely related to inadequate synthesis of which protein

  1. Gamma globulin

  2. Glucagon

  3. Insulin

  4. Albumin
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Kwashiorkor is caused by severe protein deficiency. Albumin is the primary plasma protein responsible for maintaining oncotic pressure; its reduced synthesis leads to fluid leakage into tissues, causing edema.

Multiple choice biology food components and nutrition effect on general health growth and development in young people nutrient deficiency diseases

Protein-energy malnutrition is also called as 

  1. Kwarshiorker

  2. Marasmus

  3. Rickets

  4. Both A and B
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Protein-energy malnutrition is also called marasmus which is mainly observed in infants and children of age around 5 years old. The skin of the child becomes dry, thin and wrinkled, a deficiency also impairs growth and replacement of tissue, the body becomes thin and mental retardation is observed.

So, the correct option is 'Marasmus'

Multiple choice biology food components and nutrition effect on general health growth and development in young people nutrient deficiency diseases

Marasmus is caused by

  1. Obsety

  2. Dwarfism

  3. Prolonged starvation

  4. Deficiency of vitamin
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

  • Marasmus is a disorder that occurs due to the deficiency of protein as well as calories mean prolonged starvation leads to it. Usually occurs in children age 0 to 5 and the child becomes very thin, becomes dehydrated, shrinks the stomach, etc.

So, the correct option is 'Prolonged starvation'

Multiple choice biology food components and nutrition effect on general health growth and development in young people nutrient deficiency diseases

The following are the symptoms of Kwashiorkor and marasmus. Categorize them correctly:-
I. It is caused by the deficiency of protein in the diet.
II. It is caused by the prolonged deficiency of protein and calories in the diet. 
III. It affects infants under one year of age
IV It commonly affects babies between 1-3 years of age.
V. Subcutaneous fat persists.
VI. Subcutaneous fat is used up, making ribs very prominent. 

VII. Skin and hair change colour.
VIII. May caused due to lack of protein in mother milk.
IX. No edema occurs.
X. No change in skin and hair colour. 

  1. Kwashiorkor - I, IV,V,VII, VIII. Marasmus - II, III,VI, IX,X

  2. Kwashiorkor - I,II,V,VI,VIII, IX. Marasmus - III. IV, VII, X

  3. Kwashiorkor - II,III,VI, IX, X. Marasmus - I, IV, V, VI, VIII

  4. Kwashiorkor - III, IV, VII, X. Marasmus - I, II, V, VI, VIII, IX
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

  • Kwashiorkor, also known as “edematous malnutrition” because of its association with edema (fluid retention), is a nutritional disorder most often seen in regions experiencing famine. It is a form of malnutrition caused by a lack of protein in the diet. People who have kwashiorkor typically have an extremely emaciated appearance in all body parts except their ankles, feet, and belly, which swell with fluid. Kwashiorkor is most common in countries where there is a limited supply or lack of food. It is mostly found in children and infants in sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, and Central America. Its symptoms include (1) change in skin and hair colour (to a rust colour) and texture (2) edema (swelling) of the ankles, feet, and belly.

  • Marasmus is a severe form of protein-energy malnutrition that results when a person does not consume enough protein and calories. Without these vital nutrients, energy levels become dangerously low and vital functions begin to stop. Both adults and children can have marasmus, but it most often affects young children in developing countries. Over time, a person with marasmus will lose body tissue and fat in their face. Similarly, their bones become visible under their skin, and folds of skin develop from the loss of body mass. Their eyes may appear sunken.

So, the correct answer is 'Kwashiorkor - I, IV V VII, VIII. Marasmus - II. III. VI, IX,X'.

Multiple choice biology food components and nutrition effect on general health growth and development in young people nutrient deficiency diseases

Protruding belly is a characteristic symptom of __________.

  1. Marasmus

  2. Diarrhoea

  3. Jaundice

  4. Kwashiorkor
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Kwashiorkor is a form of severe protein malnutrition characterized by edema, an enlarged liver with fatty infiltrations, and a visibly protruding belly. Marasmus, by contrast, involves deficiency in both protein and total calories without prominent edema.

Multiple choice biology food components and nutrition effect on general health growth and development in young people nutrient deficiency diseases

In Africa and south-east Asia, people like to have much bread and butter than pulses. They suffer from

  1. Beri-beri

  2. Xeropthalmia

  3. Scurvy

  4. Kwashiorkar
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Pulses are a primary source of protein. A diet high in bread and butter (carbohydrates and fats) but lacking in pulses (protein) leads to protein-energy malnutrition, specifically Kwashiorkor.

Multiple choice biology food components and nutrition effect on general health growth and development in young people nutrient deficiency diseases

Marasmus disease is caused due to

  1. Protein deficiency.

  2. Obesity.

  3. Dwarfism.

  4. Deficiency of vitamins.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

  • Marasmus is a form of malnutrition.
  •  Marasmus is a severe form of protein-energy malnutrition that results when a person does not consume enough protein and calories. Without these vital nutrients, energy levels become dangerously low and vital functions begin to stop. 
  • A child with marasmus may not grow as children usually do. Hence, Marasmus disease is caused due to Protein deficiency.
So, the correct answer is 'Protein deficiency'.

Multiple choice biology food and human health effect on general health growth and development in young people nutrient deficiency diseases

If a man is allowed to live exclusively on the diet of milk, egg & bread he would suffer from?

  1. Rickets

  2. Marasmus

  3. Kwashiorkor

  4. Scurvy
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Milk, eggs, and bread provide ample carbohydrates, fats, and proteins, but a diet restricted exclusively to these lacks vitamin C. Prolonged absence of vitamin C leads to scurvy, characterized by bleeding gums and poor wound healing.