How can women with HIV/AIDS during pregnancy decrease the risk of developing a foodborne infection?


Risk of infection originating from foods can be decreased if raw or uncooked meats and seafood and unpasteurized milk products and honey are not consumed. Safe food-handling practices at home can also reduce the risk of foodborne infection.

Nutritional Science

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a. the amount of water consumed. b. body pH. c. the hormone aldosterone. d. vitamin D activity.

Nutritional Science

Dylan takes garlic pills to lower his blood cholesterol level, and he recommends the pills to his friends, because he thinks the supplement is helpful. Dylan's nutrition-related advice to his friends is an example of a(an) ________.

A. introspection B. anecdote C. peer review D. subjective bias

Nutritional Science

In children and adolescents, _____ is defined as a BMI at or above the 95th percentile for children of the same age and sex

a. underweight b. healthy weight c. overweight d. obese e. extremely obese

Nutritional Science

What is another term for the calories used to process food? Why isn't this aspect of metabolism a significant part of a weight loss plan?

Nutritional Science