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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Vitamin B deficiencies

Vitamin B deficiencies

  • Lack of B vitamins in diet
  • Ariboflavinosis
  • Insufficient dietary sources of B vitamins

Background

Vitamin B is actually a complex of vitamins, often known as the "vitamin B group". The individual vitamins are thiamine (B1), riboflavin (B2), niacin (B3), pantothenic acid (B5), pyroxidine (B6), B12, folic acid, choline and inositol.

Broader

Vitamin deficiencies in diet
Presentable
Nutritional anaemias
Presentable

Narrower

Pellagra
Presentable
Lack of Vitamin B1
Presentable
Lack of folic acid in diet
Presentable
Wernicke's encephalopathy
Yet to rate
Vitamin B6 deficiency
Yet to rate
Vitamin B12 deficiency
Yet to rate

Aggravates

Erosion of biological diversity
Excellent
Candidosis
Excellent
Tinnitus
Presentable
Constipation
Presentable
Multiple sclerosis
Presentable
Optic neuritis
Unpresentable
Neurocognitive disorders
Unpresentable
Pernicious anaemia
Yet to rate

Aggravated by

Chronic alcoholism
Excellent
Impairments of ability to extract nutrition
Yet to rate
Fish tapeworm
Yet to rate

Strategy

Advancing nutrition
Presentable
Correcting vitamin deficiencies in diet
Unpresentable

Value

Lack
Yet to rate
Deficiency
Yet to rate

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #1: No PovertySustainable Development Goal #3: Good Health and Well-beingSustainable Development Goal #10: Reduced Inequality

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(D) Detailed problems
Biological classification
N/A
Content quality
Unpresentable
 Unpresentable
Language
English
1A4N
G4635
DOCID
11746350
D7NID
141404
Last update
Feb 7, 2024