Question

Sabita is a mother in Nepal. She lives in poverty in the Western part of the country with her two children. Everyone in her family has some degree of malnutrition or nutrient deficiency. Match each of the following deficiency diseases with its corresponding nutrient.
a. Sabita is blind from a diet devoid of fortified milk, animal products, or dark yellow and orange fruits and vegetables.
b. Sabita has an enlarged thyroid gland due to a dependence on unfortified salt.

Nutrient:
1. Iron
2. Vitamin A
3. Vitamin D
4. Iodine

Answer 1

Answer:

a. Sabita is blind from a diet devoid of fortified milk, animal products, or dark yellow and orange fruits and vegetables. - Vitamin A

Sabita is suffering from Vitamin A deficiency. A lack of Vitamin A usually shows itself with night blindness but can cause complete blindness if not acted upon quickly.

Vitamin A deficiency is quite common in developing or poorer nations such as the area Sabita is located and usually attacks children of women in their reproductive stage. Sources of vitamin A include; fortified milk, animal products and fruits and vegetables.

b.  Sabita has an enlarged thyroid gland due to a dependence on unfortified salt. - Iodine

Iodine deficiency leads to an abnormal enlargement of the thyroid gland leading to a condition known as Goiter which presents itself as a big bulge in a person's neck. Iodine is usually placed in fortified salt along with iron to reduce iodine deficiency so Sabita's dependence on unfortified salt is robbing her of a great source of Iodine.