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GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition · key term
An insufficient supply of a nutrient to meet the body's needs, which can impair health.
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Specification 3.2.2.1 · Paper 1
Revise: Fat-Soluble VitaminsA deficiency can cause night blindness, making it difficult to see in dim light. It can also weaken immunity, affect the skin and impair growth. Excess vitamin A over a long period can weaken bones.
An inadequate supply of a nutrient that can impair health or cause a deficiency disease.
Link each vitamin to a specific function and deficiency effect: vitamin D helps calcium absorption, so deficiency can cause rickets in children.
Link each vitamin to a specific function, food source and deficiency effect rather than saying it simply ‘keeps you healthy’.
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