Select the bubbles with names of diseases caused by the deficiency of iodine and iron in our diet.

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$∙$ Deficiency of the mineral iron in diet causes anaemia.
$∙$ Deficiency of the mineral iodine in diet results in goitre.
$∙$ Rickets, Beri beri, Night blindness, and Tooth decay are all diseases caused due to vitamin deficiency.

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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)

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

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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)

Name the disease caused by the inadequate amount of iodine in our diet.

Name the disease caused due to deficiency of the following minerals in the diet.
(a) Iodine
(b) Calcium
(c) Iron

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