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Section B 7. Briefly answer each of the
3. Differentiate the following terms: following questions;
(a) food and nutrient; (a) What are the main groups of
(b) kwashiorkor and marasmus; vitamins. Give two examples
(c) macronutrients and of each.
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micronutrients; (b) Name the forms in which
(d) monosaccharides and excess carbohydrates are
polysaccharides; and stored in animals and plants.
(e) oils and fats. (c) Where in the body can excess
carbohydrates be stored?
4. Dina is 70 kg and 150 cm tall:
(a) What is her BMI? 8. Answer the following questions:
(b) What risk does Dina facing? (a) What is the name of
(c) What advice will you give the process by which
to Dina and why? a monosaccharide can
be converted into a
5. A 3-years-old child has been disaccharide?
brought to a dispensary following (b) What are two characteristics
these complaints: He is very of monosaccharides?
weak, cries and eats a lot, and has (c) How would you test for a
persistent diarrhoea. The child also monosaccharide?
looks skinny with extremely thin
arms and legs, a swollen belly, (d) When testing for a non-
reducing sugar, the sample
wrinkled skin like an old person, solution is mixed with
and the hair looks yellowish and hydrochloric acid. What is
very thin. the use of the acid?
(a) What nutritional disorder is 9. (a) What are polysaccharides?
the child suffering from? Give two examples.
(b) What advise would you give (b) What are two characteristics
to the child’s parents?
of polysaccharides?
What are the special nutritional 10. Answer the following questions.
needs of the following people? (a) Explain briefly how
(a) A 65 -year-old person you would carry out the
(b) A 4-years-old child following:
(c) A pregnant woman (i) Test for proteins
(d) A breastfeeding mother (ii) Test for starch
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