Faulty bone development among children is caused:
Correct answer: B. Rickets
- A. Scurvey
- B. Rickets
- C. Beri Beri
- D. Typhoid
Explanation
Rickets causes defective mineralisation and faulty bone development in growing children, usually because of vitamin D deficiency. Scurvy affects connective tissue, beri-beri affects the nervous and cardiovascular systems, and typhoid is an infection.
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