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Diet and Health: Nutritional Deficiencies
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40 CIE IGCSE Food and Nutrition questions on Diet and Health: Nutritional Deficiencies, each with instant feedback and a full examiner-style mark scheme.

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Question 1 · 1 mark · Difficulty 1/3

What is body mass index (BMI) used for?

  1. Measuring how much muscle a person has
  2. Measuring the vitamins in a person's blood
  3. Counting how many calories a person eats
  4. Judging whether a person's weight is healthy for their height
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✓ Answer: D — Judging whether a person's weight is healthy for their height
Award 1 mark. BMI is weight in kg divided by height in metres squared. It does not measure muscle, vitamins or calories eaten.
Question 2 · 1 mark · Difficulty 1/3

What is hypertension?

  1. High blood pressure
  2. Low blood sugar
  3. A shortage of iron
  4. Weak bones
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✓ Answer: A — High blood pressure
Award 1 mark. It is linked to too much salt, obesity and inactivity and raises the risk of strokes. The other options are different conditions.
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How is Diet and Health: Nutritional Deficiencies typically tested on CIE IGCSE Food and Nutrition papers?
Diet and Health: Nutritional Deficiencies appears across multiple question types on real CIE IGCSE Food and Nutrition papers — most commonly as multiple-choice questions in the objective section, structured short-answer questions in the main paper, and occasionally as part of an extended response. Kramizo's practice bank reflects that mix: 4-option MCQs, true/false statements, fill-in-the-blank key terms, multi-select questions, and ordering questions. Working through the bank gives you exposure to every question style examiners actually use.

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