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be also conscious ofsuch food items. The place of
food storage should also be clean and safe. If we find
such malpractices, we should inform the concerned
agencies such as District Administration Office,
District Police Office, Local Government, and other
consumer health-related agencies.

Akanksha Thank you, father. I learned many things about
consumer health. (She returned home with her father.)

Exercise

1. Put a tick mark (v"') for the right statements and a cross (X)
for the false ones.

a. All essential nutrients are found in junk food.
b. Children under the age of five and pregnant women mostly
suffer from malnutrition.
c. Anemia is related to teeth and gums.

d. Sun bath protects us from rickets.
e. We have to check the price, quantity and quality before
buying the food.

2. Choose the correct answer.
a. Which disease has the sympton~ of having apale colour of pal1n?

i. Night blindness ii. Anemia

iii. Was ting iv. Scurvy
b. Which vitamin deficiency causes night blindness?
i. Vitamin D ii. Vitamin C

iii. Vitamin B iv. Vitamin A
c. What types of food items should we have?

i. spicy ii. fatty
iii. balanced iv. sweet and salty

42 Health, Physical ai1d Creillive arts, grade 8