Fill in the blanks with the words from the box :

You may need to change the forms of some of the words. You may need to use one word more than once:

nutrition	normal	illiterate	grow	ability
malnutrition	due	rapid	aware	nutrition

Adolescence or puberty is a period after childhood. During this period physical and mental (a) ______ of boys and girls is so (b) ____ that they need proper amount of (c) ____ food. But many boys and girls are not (d) ______ of this fact. So often they suffer from (e) ____ which hampers their (f) ___ growth. Even some parents do not have the (g) _____ to provide their children with the (h) ______ they need. Sometimes it happens (i) _____ to the parents' reluctance, unawareness or (j) ______ .