Question

Solve the following crossword puzzle with the help of clues given below:

Across
4. Bodybuilding foods (8)
6. Energy-rich foods (4)
9. Protective foods (8)
10. Helps in digestion (5)
11. Disease due to vitamin B₁₂ deficiency (7)
12. Chemical substances present in food (9)
Down
1. Energy-giving compounds (13)
2. Disease due to the deficiency of iodine (6)
3. Protective foods beginning with v (8)
5. Disease due to protein deficiency (11)
7. Disease due to deficiency of proteins and carbohydrates (8)
8. Disease due to vitamin D deficiency (7)

Accepted Answer

Across

4. Proteins

6. Fats

9. Minerals

10. Fibre

11. Anaemia

12. Nutrients

Based on the richness of nutrients, the food items are classified into the following three main food groups:
Energy-giving foods: These foods are rich in carbohydrates and fats. They provide energy to the body.
Body-building foods: These foods are rich in proteins. They help the body grow and repair the damaged cells and tissues.
Protective foods: They are rich in vitamins and minerals. They protect the body against diseases and control body metabolism.
Dietary fibres and water are also important components of our food. Dietary fibres form the roughage part of our food. Water helps in absorbing nutrients from the food and in removing wastes from the body.

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1. Carbohydrates

2. Goitre

3. Vitamins

5. Kwashiorkor

7. Marasmus

8. Rickets

Deficiency of one or more nutrients in the diet is expressed in the form of malfunctioning of body organs. These are called nutritional disorders or deficiency diseases. Deficiency of proteins in our body causes the disease kwashiorkor.
Deficiency of proteins as well as carbohydrates causes the disease marasmus.

Deficiency of iodine in our body causes goitre.

Deficiency of vitamin B12 in our body causes anaemia.

Deficiency of vitamin D in our body causes rickets.

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