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Multiple choice biology food and human health balanced diet and malnutrition balanced and unbalanced food digestive disorders diseases caused by changes in lifestyle diseases and toxic substance health and its maintenance

A doctor advises a person to have more meat, butter, milk,
eggs in his diet. The person is

  1. Suffering from scurvy

  2. Cannot see in dark

  3. Suffering from rickets

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

Kwashiorkor is a malnutrition disease which occurs due to the deficiency of protein in the diet of children, though the diet may contain adequate amounts of carbohydrate. Meat butter, milk and eggs are richest source of protein.

Multiple choice biology food and human health balanced diet and malnutrition balanced and unbalanced food digestive disorders diseases caused by changes in lifestyle diseases and toxic substance health and its maintenance

Kilocalories of usable energy liberated by one mole of glucose is?

  1. $80$
  2. $160$
  3. $180$
  4. $380$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The aerobic respiration of one mole of glucose typically yields approximately 38 ATP. Given that the hydrolysis of one mole of ATP releases roughly 10 kcal, the total energy is approximately 380 kcal.

Multiple choice biology food and human health balanced diet and malnutrition balanced and unbalanced food digestive disorders diseases caused by changes in lifestyle diseases and toxic substance health and its maintenance

The protein deficiency disease is known as

  1. Scurvy

  2. Addisons disease

  3. Kwashiorkor

  4. Pellagra
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Kwashiorkor is the classic disease associated with protein deficiency. Scurvy is Vitamin C deficiency, and Pellagra is Niacin deficiency.

Multiple choice biology food and human health balanced diet and malnutrition balanced and unbalanced food digestive disorders diseases caused by changes in lifestyle diseases and toxic substance health and its maintenance

Which is caused by deficiency of protein?

  1. Night blindness

  2. Beri-beri

  3. Xerophthalmia

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

Kwashiorkor is a protein-energy malnutrition disease. Night blindness and Xerophthalmia are caused by Vitamin A deficiency, and Beri-beri is caused by Vitamin B1 deficiency.

Multiple choice biology food and human health balanced diet and malnutrition balanced and unbalanced food digestive disorders diseases caused by changes in lifestyle diseases and toxic substance health and its maintenance

A patient is generally advised to specially consume more meat, lentils, milk and eggs in diet only when he suffers from -

  1. Anemia

  2. Scurvy

  3. Kwashiorkor

  4. Rickets
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
A patient is generally advised to consume more meat, lentils, milk and eggs in the diet only when he is suffering from Protein Energy Malnutrition(PEM) such as Kwashiorkor.
Kwashiorkor generally occurs in baby greater than 1 year of age. This defect occurs if mother's milk is replaced with low protein but high carbohydrate diet. The affected baby has a protruded belly and fat layer beneath the skin.
So, the correct answer is 'Option C-Kwashiorkor'.
Multiple choice biology food and human health balanced diet and malnutrition balanced and unbalanced food digestive disorders diseases caused by changes in lifestyle diseases and toxic substance health and its maintenance

Which one does not take part in breakdown of starch

  1. Invertase

  2. Lipase

  3. Amylase

  4. Diastase
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Amylase, Diastase, and Invertase are enzymes involved in the breakdown of carbohydrates (starch or sugars). Lipase is an enzyme specifically responsible for the breakdown of fats (lipids).

Multiple choice biology food and human health balanced diet and malnutrition balanced and unbalanced food digestive disorders diseases caused by changes in lifestyle diseases and toxic substance health and its maintenance

X and Y are diseases in infants. X is produced by deficiency of proteins and calories. Y is produced by protein deficiency unaccompanied by calories deficiency. X and Y are respectively 

  1. Kwashiorkor, Marasmus

  2. Diabetes, Goitre

  3. Goitre, Diabetes

  4. Marasmus, Kwashiorkor

  5. Kwashiorkor, Goitre
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Marasmus (X) is caused by a deficiency of both proteins and calories. Kwashiorkor (Y) is caused by protein deficiency alone. Therefore, X is Marasmus and Y is Kwashiorkor.

Multiple choice biology food and human health balanced diet and malnutrition balanced and unbalanced food digestive disorders diseases caused by changes in lifestyle diseases and toxic substance health and its maintenance

A patient is advised to specially consume more meat, lentil, milk and eggs in diet when the patient suffers from

  1. Kwashiorkor

  2. Scurvy

  3. Rickets

  4. Anaemia
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Meat, lentils, milk, and eggs are high-protein foods. A patient is advised to consume these to treat protein deficiency, which manifests as Kwashiorkor.

Multiple choice biology food and human health balanced diet and malnutrition balanced and unbalanced food digestive disorders diseases caused by changes in lifestyle diseases and toxic substance health and its maintenance

Inadequate protein in diet causes Kwashiorkor. Odema is related to protein deficiency of

  1. Insulin

  2. Gamma globulin

  3. Glucagon

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

Albumin is a major plasma protein that maintains oncotic pressure. When protein levels are low, albumin levels drop, leading to fluid leakage into tissues, which causes edema (swelling).

Multiple choice biology food and human health balanced diet and malnutrition balanced and unbalanced food digestive disorders diseases caused by changes in lifestyle diseases and toxic substance health and its maintenance

Why hands and feet get swollen with accumulated fluid (oedema) in persons suffering from deficiency of proteins in kwashiorkar? 

  1. Plasma proteins serve as a source of proteins for tissue cells

  2. Albumin and globulins retain water in the blood plasma by their osmotic effects
  3. Albumin and globulins transport many substances such as thyroxinbe and $Fe3+$ in combination with them.

  4. Tissue cells utilise plasma proteins for forming their cellular proteins.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

 In kwashiorkor, there is a decrease in the human serum albumin levels. This decrease leads to a deficiency in the protein levels of an individual. This causes accumulation of fluids in the tissue which further causes swelling. This swelling is most common in the abdominal region. The swelling can mainly be attributed to the retention of water in the blood plasma by the osmotic pressure created because of the decreased number of albumins and globulins.

So, the correct answer is 'Albumin and globulins retain water in the blood plasma by their osmotic effects'.