health and disease

• Rickets


  Softening of bones, fractures, deformities
• Rickets


  • Calcium needed to make bones - especially when growing
• Scurvy


  Iron makes up haemoglobin, needed to make red blood cells
• Treating Scurvy

  Extra calories and protein into the diet
• Amino acids


  Building blocks of proteins
• Anemia


  Lack of red blood cells to carry oxygen around the body
• No fresh fruit - no vitamin C

  Scurvy
• Fewer red blood cells

  Less energy can be released in the cells, making the person feel tired
• Dietary protein in short supply


  Body takes protein from skeletal muscles to preserve more important tissues and body functions