An area with convenience stores and fast-food places but no grocery store access to healthful whole food choices is commonly called a:

1.Food desert
2.Food wasteland
3.Capital food market
4.Nutrient-poor neighborhood


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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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The Acceptable Macronutrient Distribution Range (AMDR) for linoleic acid is at least what percentage of daily energy intake?

A. 2 B. 5 C. 14 D. 17

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A nutrition researcher adds 30 mg of the mineral iron to the daily diet of 50 4-week-old laboratory mice. After 10 weeks, the scientist takes blood samples from each mouse. According to his findings, the mice developed abnormal levels of certain enzymes in their red blood cells. Based on this information and your knowledge of scientific research, what would you tell him?    

A. He should report his findings to other nutrition scientists, so they can repeat his study and confirm the results. B. He should consider his findings as an observation and redesign the study to include a control group. C. He should call a press conference and report his findings to the public, so they can avoid consuming excess iron. D. He should prepare a research article that describes his study and its results for submission to a peer-reviewed nutrition journal.  

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One of the limitations of epidemiologic studies is that the results cannot be interpreted as proving a(n) _____

a. association b. positive correlation c. negative correlation d. relationship to be causal

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