The elderly due to worsening digestion, children and teenagers due to inadequate food, people with eating disorders, and anyone dealing with a chronic illness are among those who are most at risk for mineral deficiencies. Mineral deficits might also result from taking some prescription drugs. Even a healthy person who consumes a healthy food and maintains a decent diet can be at risk for a mineral shortage due of mineral-depleted soils because the mineral content of fruits and vegetables depends on the soil health a crop is produced in.