The nutritional needs of adolescents are MOST influenced by _____

a. the ethnicity and socioeconomic status of the adolescent.
b. the onset of linear growth.
c. the sexual maturation rating.
d. changes in weight, body composition, and skeletal mass.
e. the chronological age at which puberty began.


Ans: d. changes in weight, body composition, and skeletal mass.

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