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Introduction - All living organisms need food for growth, work, repair and maintaining life processes. Food is made up of several components such as proteins, carbohydrates, fats, minerals and vitamins. Each of these components is required in a specific amount because each of th..

Introduction - All living organisms need food for growth, work, repair and maintaining life processes. Food is made up of several components such as proteins, carbohydrates, fats, minerals and vitamin..

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Community Health and Personal Health - The health of a community depends upon the personal health of the various members of the community. Community health can be defined as the personal health along with the environmental services for the..

Community Health - Community health refers to health issues concerning a common group of people. It is different from individual health issues in the sense that symptoms, control measures are community oriented. Large part of community health deals ..

Where many pesticides are extensively used to kill insects like mosquitoes. Apart from killing mosquitoes, these chemicals cause large pollution to drinking water, soil as well as many food stuff. For e.g., Spraying DDT, BHC to control mosquito based human diseases is extensively taken up..

Large scale death of aquatic and terrestrial animals Reduced reproduction rate Increased incidence of diseases Imbalances created in secondary food chains Accumulation of bioaccumulative and non-biodegradable pollutants in animal bodies. Some organochlorine pesticides (li..

Food Adulteration - The deliberate contamination of food materials with low quality, cheap, non-edible or toxic substances is called food adulteration. The substance which degrades (lowers) the quality of a food is called an adulterant. Adulteration results i..

Components of Food - The components of food are certain organic substances and minerals found in food. They are called nutrients. Nutrients provide the body with energy and enable it to grow, repair and maintain itself. Hence it is important that we understand the exac..