How has the nutrition transition affected nutrient intake?
What will be an ideal response?
Persons who have moved from rural to urban areas also tend to get sedentary jobs, which increase calorie intake, and the likelihood of overweight, which unchecked, leads to obesity. In urban areas, access to food may increase but the quality of the foods is not necessarily superior to foods which were consumed in rural areas.
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A) delayed cognitive development B) iron deficiency C) increased energy D) increased incidence of colds and headaches
What are the weight gain recommendations for pregnant women based on BMI?
Medical nutrition therapy for COPD involves all of the following except:
a. promoting a healthy body weight. b. preventing muscle loss. c. improving food intake. d. relieving chronic cough.
Where does the denaturation of protein begin?
1.Mouth 2.Stomach 3.Small intestine 4.Large intestine 5.None of these choices