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Option 3 : Milk, Vegetables, Spinach, Fruits
The correct answer is Bones.
Concept:
Rickets is a preventable bone disease that affects infants and young children and causes soft and weakened bones.
- Rickets is caused by a lack of vitamin D, calcium, or phosphorus.
- Vitamin D deficiency can occur as a result of having dark skin, lack of exposure of the skin to sunlight, nutritional deficiencies, and disorders of the liver, kidney, or small intestine.
- Treatment options include improved sunlight exposure, diet, vitamin D, and mineral supplements.
- Rickets is most common in children who are between 6 and 36 months old.
- During this time period, children usually experience rapid growth.
Explanation:
Here the foods which are having good amount of calcium, Vitamins and Phosphorous is - Milk, Vegetables, Spinach, Fruits
- Signs and symptoms of rickets :
- Painful bones, muscle weakness, cramps, and spasms.
- Slowed growth and development.
- Increased risk of broken bones, including spontaneous breaks that occur by themselves without pressure or trauma.
- Dental problems such as teeth failing to form or being slow to emerge, deformed teeth, or soft tooth enamel.
- Prominent forehead and a large front fontanelle in infants.
- Vitamin D is a steroid hormone that is produced in the skin by the action of sunlight’s ultraviolet rays on its precursor, 7-dehydrocholesterol (provitamin D3).
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