Question

What are the sources of vitamin A?
How does deficiency of vitamin A affect the body?

Answer 1

• Vitamin A is found in animal products such as meat, fish, poultry and dairy foods. It is also found in plant-based foods such as fruits and vegetables. (1 Mark)

The diseases caused by the absence of Vitamin A is called night blindness. It can also cause other health problems like:

• Poor lactation amongst new mothers
• Children developing a greater risk of developing respiratory and diarrheal infections
• Decreased growth rate
• Slow bone development (2 Marks)