Question

Mention the food constituents which may be lacking in one's diet, in the case of the following.
A child having rickets.

Answer 1

Rickets :

1. Rickets is a disease that is caused due to deficiency of vitamin D.
2. The main source of vitamin D in food is milk, cheese, and butter and direct exposure to sunlight help in the synthesis of vitamin D inside our body.
3. So, the food constituents which may be lacking in one's diet when he is suffering from rickets are milk, cheese, egg, fish, cod liver oil and butter.
4. Symptoms of rickets include bow leg, pigeon chest and softening of bones.