The nurse is planning a program about healthy eating for high school students. At the beginning of the unit on vitamins, the nurse will explain that vitamins:
1. Provide energy.
2. Are all synthesized by the body.
3. Are necessary for proper growth and development.
4. Require ideal foods for maximum absorption.
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Rationale: Vitamins are necessary for growth and development in young people and for tissue maintenance in adults. Vitamins are micronutrients which do not provide energy; only macronutrients, like carbohydrates, provide energy. Only some of the vitamins are synthesized by the body; some must be consumed. There are no ideal foods for vitamins; however, some foods contain more of some vitamins than other foods.
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