1. Vitamin & mineral deficiency
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2. Bleeding Gums is a symptom of scurvy

3. Scurvy is caused by a lack of vitamin C.

4. Vitamin C can be found in potatoes, green vegetables, blackcurrants, pineapples, tomatoes, citrus fruits e.g. Orange, lemon.

5. Rickets disease causes weak bones

6. Rickets is caused by a lack of vitamin D.

7. Vitamin D can be found in milk & fish.

8. A lack of vitamin A causes night-blindness

9. Vitamin A is found in milk, butter, liver, green vegetables, oily fish e.g. herring, & sardines.

10. Beriberi causes a loss of appetite and weight, swelling of the feet and legs.

11. Beriberi is caused by a lack of thiamine (vitamin B1).

12. Vitamin B1 is found in liver, egg yolk, brown rice, breakfast cereal, wholemeal bread, yeast extract.

13. Pellagra cause scaly skin, headaches, poor memory, diarrhoea

14. Pellagra is caused by a lack of vitamin B2

15. Vitamin B2 is found in milk, meat, cheese, green vegetables & yeast extract.

16. Goitre causes a swelling of the thyroid gland in the neck.
Goitre is caused by a lack of the mineral iodine
Goitre causes a swelling of the thyroid gland in the neck.

17. Goitre is caused by a lack of the mineral iodine.

18. Iodine is found in drinking water and most sea foods.

19. Anaemia causes a lack of haemoglobin in red blood cells which makes you feel tired, weak and your skin may be pale.

20. Anaemia is caused by a lack of the mineral iron.

21. Iron can be found in liver, cereals, meat, vegetables, eggs.

22. Vitamin and mineral deficiency Name of disease
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