Because calorie needs change with age while micronutrient needs remain the same (or increase), meal planning for older adults should emphasize ______ foods.
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: nutrient-dense (energy needs decline, but still need nutrients)
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a. 20 b. 50 c. 80 d. 99
The best natural food sources of ________ are dark green leafy vegetables such as spinach, broccoli, asparagus, and legumes
A) biotin B) thiamin C) folate D) pantothenic acid
Cook with Cholelithiasis: Marcia Brown is a 42-year-old Pima Indian who works as a cook in a casino in Arizona. She has just been diagnosed with cholelithiasis. She is 5'4" tall and once weighed 210 pounds. One year ago, she underwent gastric bypass
surgery and has lost 75 pounds. For several months, she had been experiencing episodes of pain in the right upper part of her abdomen. The pain usually began after eating and lasted for several hours. Lately she began to experience nausea and vomiting with the pain and began to run a fever. What are the treatment options for cholelithiasis? Explain each.
Hemophilia, an inherited disorder, results in insufficient factors for ferritin synthesis.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)