nutritional⚑ High burden in India
Zinc deficiency
Zinc is defined either as insufficient body levels of zinc to meet the needs of the body, or as a zinc blood level below the normal range. However, since a decrease in blood concentration is detectable only after long-term or severe depletion, blood levels of zinc are not a reliable for zinc status. Common symptoms include increased rates of . Zinc deficiency affects the skin and tract; brain and central nervous system, , , and reproductive systems.
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Causes — why it happens
- ·a diet high in phytate-containing whole grains
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