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Vitamins: Carah Fe R. Bacus, RN, Manc
Vitamins: Carah Fe R. Bacus, RN, Manc
Vitamins
CARAH FE R. BACUS, RN, MANc
Objectives
• State one or more functions of each of the 13
vitamins discussed.
• Identify at least two food sources of each of the
vitamins discussed.
• Identify some symptoms of, or diseases caused by,
deficiencies of the vitamins discussed.
• Deficit
▪ Poor bone and tooth formation, rickets
which causes malformed bones and pain
in infants
▪ Osteomalacia (softening of bones)
▪ Osteoporosis (brittle, porous bones)