Doctors diagnosed the following disorders during the school medical examination. What did they tell the children to eat?
• Ramesh cannot see clearly at night.
• The bones in Rosie’s legs are bent.
• Neela has bleeding gums.
• Ahmed has a rough skin.
• Ramesh cannot see clearly at night, which indicates that his body is deficient in Vitamin A as deficiency of Vitamin A causes night blindness. So, he should consume food items which are a good source of Vitamin A such as egg, butter, ghee, milk, carrots, tomatoes, papaya, mango, guava and leafy vegetables.
• The bent bones in Rosie’s legs indicate that she is suffering from deficiency of Vitamin D. So, she should consume food items which are a good source of this vitamin such as milk, egg, fish and butter.
• Neela’s bleeding gums shows that she is deficient in Vitamin C and is suffering from scurvy. So, she should consume food items which are a good source of Vitamin C such as tomatoes, orange, guava, lemon and amla.
• The rough skin of Ahmed shows the deficiency of Vitamin B. So, he should consume food items which are a good source of this vitamin such as animal liver, wheat and rice.