Definitions [5]
Define the following:
Vitamin
Vitamins are organic compounds regularly required in minute quantities in the diet for normal metabolism, health, and growth.
Define the following:
Malnutrition
The condition where people become weak and sick due to insufficient and unbalanced diet is referred to as malnutrition.
Define and give one example of a balanced diet.
A balanced diet is a diet that provides all the essential nutrients—carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals, and water—in the right proportions to maintain health, energy, and proper growth.
Example of a Balanced Diet:
A balanced meal could include Carbohydrates, Proteins, Fats, Vitamins and Minerals and water.
Define balanced diet.
A balanced diet is a diet which contains an adequate amount of all the necessary nutrients like carbohydrate fat protein minerals and vitamins required for healthy growth and activity.
Define the following.
Bacteriophages
Bacteriophages are virus that infect bacterial cells, e.g. T4 bacteriophage.
Concepts [16]
- Hygiene
- Component of Food
- Carbohydrates
- Fats (Lipids)
- Proteins
- Vitamin and Minerals
- Component of Food: Minerals
- Water
- A Balanced Diet
- Deficiency Diseases
- Diseases Due to Deficiency of Vitamin
- Diseases Due to Deficiency of Proteins
- Diseases Due to Deficiency of Minerals
- Effective Ways to Maintain Good Health
- Bacteria
- Viruses
