Arina eats two non-dust chalks daily. She likes chalk too much. So it is necessary that she is suffering from deficiency of calcium.

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Dear student,

The desire to eat chalk (or dirt or clay) in children is generally known as geophagy or a pica disorder. These children generally are deficient in iron, calcium and may be other minerals also. Therefore, it is quiet probable that Arina is also deficient in calcium.

Regards.

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Arina eats two non-dust chalks daily. She likes chalk too much. So it is necessary that she is suffering from deficiency of calcium.

Dear student, The desire to eat chalk (or dirt or clay) in children is generally known as geophagy or a pica disorder. These children generally are deficient in iron, calcium and may be other minerals also. Therefore, it is quiet probable that Arina is also deficient in calcium. Regards.

Dear student,

The desire to eat chalk (or dirt or clay) in children is generally known as geophagy or a pica disorder. These children generally are deficient in iron, calcium and may be other minerals also. Therefore, it is quiet probable that Arina is also deficient in calcium.

Regards.