The school nurse talks with caregivers of grade-school children about serving healthy foods and modeling eating healthy foods. How will this activity by the nurse help these children avoid obesity in the future?
a. Slim children will become slim adults, as they have less fat cells to fill up and the excess fat is excreted.
b. The body metabolism is altered to be much slower on a long-term basis then children eat healthy foods at an early age.
c. Eating healthy foods early allows the consumption of less healthy foods later without much harm.
d. Early exposure to healthy foods will set up a preference for these foods, as adolescents tend to choose foods they are familiar with.
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A Incorrect. The nurse will not teach the caregivers about serving healthy foods and modeling healthy eating, that slim children will become slim adults, as they have less fat cells to fill up and the excess fat is excreted.
B Incorrect. The nurse will not teach the caregivers about serving healthy foods and modeling healthy eating, that the body metabolism is altered to be much slower on a long-term basis then children eat healthy foods at an early age.
C Incorrect. The nurse will not teach the caregivers about serving healthy foods and modeling healthy eating, that eating healthy foods early allows the consumption of less healthy foods later without much harm.
D Correct. The nurse will teach the caregivers about serving healthy foods and modeling healthy eating, that early exposure to healthy foods will set up a preference for these foods, as adolescents tend to choose foods they are familiar with.
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