A young man in a rural Iranian village eats very little meat and dairy products,but his diet contains a lot of unleavened whole-grain flat bread.He is very short for his age; his sexual organs are not fully developed; his intelligence is lower than normal; and he suffers from iron deficiency anemia.Based on this information,the man probably has ____ deficiency.

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The symptoms described, such as stunted growth, underdeveloped sexual organs, lower intelligence, and iron deficiency anemia, are indicative of zinc deficiency, which can occur in diets high in unleavened whole-grain bread due to phytates that inhibit zinc absorption.

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