Effect of deficiency

Human Nutrition 3(3+0)
Lesson 42 : Zinc

Effect of deficiency

Zinc deficiency has been found to cause

  1. Growth failure – leading to dwarfism
  2. Hypogonadism i.e.retarded genital development
  3. Loss of taste acuity (hypogeusia)
  4. Retardation of bone development. Tooth growth and eruption may also be retarded.
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