Biology
Give reason:
People living in the low Himalayan hilly regions often suffer from goitre.
Endocrine System
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People living in the low Himalayan hilly regions often suffer from goitre because iodine is deficient in the soil of those regions and hence, in the food grown there. Insufficient iodine produces less thyroxine which results in goitre.
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