Name: …………………………………………….. Class : ……Chapter 2Exercise 2Learning Area: Nutrition and Food ProductionLearning Objective: Evaluating the importance of taking good nutrition and practicing good eating habits.

1. Eating an ___________ diet in which certain food substances are __________ or in wrong proportions.

2. Fill in the blanks with correct answer.

Disease Nutrient lacking Main symptoms

Marasmus Lack of carbohydrate Weak and dehydrated

(a) Severely ____________

Kwasyiorkor (b) Lack of ____________ Failure to grow.

(c)Swollen _____________

Anaemia (d)Lack of ___________ (e) Pale because lack of

_____________ Loss of appetite

Goitre (f) Lack of ____________ Large swelling at neck

Scurvy (g) Lack of ____________ (h) Swollen and _____________ gums.

Rickets Lack of vitamin D (i) Bent legs due to weak

____________

Night blindness (j) Lack of ____________ (k) Poor night ______________

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Score: …../26 x 100 = ……%

3. Fill in the blank with the correct answer.

Obesity: When a person is 20 % above the recommended weight for their height.

Any carbohydrate that is not used is converted to ___________ and stored around

organs like ___________,___________ and under the skin.

People who are obese have high concentration of_________________

Obese people will tend to develop diseases like ___________________, diabetes

and______________________

Can be prevented by controlling the diets and types of food eaten daily and by ___________

The BMI (Body Mass Index) may be used to determine whether you are obese.

Below 20 = thin, 20–25 = normal, 26-30 = overweight, > 30 = obese

4. Fill in the blank with the correct answer.

Aneroxia Nervosa: A psychological illness

An illness due to fear of gaining _________ and starve oneself to become ________

Occurs often in _____________

Symptoms include: becoming very _____________, muscles wasting and _______________

Can be cured through proper __________and counseling.

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