What is a balanced diet?
A diet which provides all the nutrientsthat our body needs,in right quantities,along with adequate amount of roughage and water is called a 'balanced diet'.

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Balanced diet is a diet that includes adequate amount of all necessary nutrients (carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, and minerals) and fibres required by the body. If a person does not consume balanced diet then he/she might suffer from malnutrition and various other deficiency diseases. Balanced diet is necessary for health growth and performing various activities.

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Question 19

Solve the crossword puzzle given as figure from the clues given below.

Across

1. Lack of nutrient in our diet over a long period causes these diseases. (10)

2. Rice and potato are rich in this type of carbohydrate. (6)

3. Deficiency disease in bones making it becomes soft and bent. (7)

4. The diet that provides all the nutrients that our body needs in right quantities along width adequate amount of roughage and water. (8,4)

5. Deficiency disease with bleeding gums. (6)

6. Disease caused due to the deficiency of iodine. (6)

Down

7. Starch and sugar in our food are rich in this type of energy giving nutrient. (13)

8. The term given to the useful components of food. (9)

9. The disease caused by deficiency of iron in diet. (7)

10. Green leafy vegetables and apples are rich in this mineral (4)

11. Deficiency disease caused due to the lack of $v i t a m i n - B_{1}$ in the diet, (8)

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