Describe the food frequency method of nutrition data collection, and list its advantages and disadvantages.
What will be an ideal response?
The food frequency data collection method is a self-administered retrospective review of specific food intake. Advantages of this methodology are that it is inexpensive and requires minimal time to administer. Disadvantages include a tendency toward lower response rates because the instrument is self-administered.
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The symptoms of copper deficiency in humans include all of the following EXCEPT
A. thyroid disorders. B. bone loss (osteopenia). C. decreased white blood cell counts. D. anemia.
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A) ?GTP B) ?pyruvic acid C) G6PD D) ?ATP
The process of hydrogenation has been found to have which of the following drawbacks?