Question

How many of the following diseases given in the box are non-communicable diseases?
$\begin{array}{c}\text{Rickets, Malaria, Polio, Kwashiorkor, Diabetes, Typhoid}\end{array}$

Answer 1

Rickets is caused due to vitamin D deficiency, Kwashiorkor is a protein deficiency disease, while Diabetes is caused to due to non-responsiveness or less production of the insulin hormone leading to sugar build up in the blood. All of these three diseases are non-communicable diseases.