List four potential barriers to achieving the nation's health objective of increasing the incidence of breastfeeding
They include a lack of experience or understanding among family members of how best to support mothers and babies, insufficient opportunities to communicate with other breastfeeding mothers, lack of up-to-date instruction and information from health care professionals, hospital practices that make it hard to get started with successful breastfeeding, and lack of accommodation to breastfeed or express milk at the workplace.
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A) 30 B) 25 C) 45 D) 15
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A. vitamin K B. vitamin A C. thiamin D. riboflavin
What affect does iodine deficiency have on the thyroid gland?
a. thyroid-stimulating hormone causes the thyroid gland to release iodine. b. iodine deficiency deactivates thyroid hormones c. iodine deficiency stimulates the thyroid gland to enlarge to take up iodine. d. iodine deficiency stimulates the release of thyroid hormones.
What proportion of the U.S. adult population is considered overweight or obese?
a. 50% b. 60% c. 70% d. 80% e. 90%