Noel is a 33-year-old kindergarten teacher who recently visited her doctor complaining of the sudden onset of diarrhea, abdominal pain, and bloody stools. Lab tests, imaging studies, and an endoscopy were used to diagnose Crohn's disease. Drug therapy has helped to control the symptoms, but Noel has been told that there is no cure for the disease and she may experience exacerbations from time to
time for the rest of her life.If Noel's Crohn's disease worsens, it could place her at risk for malnutrition due to all of these reasons except _____.
a. reduced food intake
b. surgery that shortens the small intestine
c. malabsorption of nutrients
d. ulceration in the esophagus
e. mucosal scarring
d
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A. Consume 45% of Calories from carbohydrates. B. Exercise 120 minutes at high intensity every day. C. Consume fewer than 1200 kcal per day. D. Exercise at least 30 minutes per day, five times per week.
Of the following, who has the highest metabolic rate?
a. A woman b. An older man c. An adolescent girl d. A short, thin woman e. A sedentary man
According to the "set-point theory," a person's ________.
A. body fat level is genetically determined and difficult to alter B. body weight is influenced primarily by environmental factors C. saturated fat intake strongly influences the rate at which he or she loses weight D. metabolic rate remains the same, regardless of environmental or physical factors
Antibiotics are used in food-producing animals to ___.
A. promote growth B. destroy fungi C. stimulate milk production D. increase fertility