Of the following developing countries, where is the rate of underweight children the highest?
a. Caribbean
b. Sub-Saharan Africa
c. Pacific
d. North Africa
b
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The heart disease that is prevalent in regions of China where the soil and foods lack selenium is called ____________________
What will be an ideal response?
Women and children are at particular risk for malnutrition in many countries for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
Because human infants grow at a relatively slow rate, the mineral content of human milk is higher than that of other animals that grow faster
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The overall objective of the Healthy People program is to ____
a. establish the DRI b. identify national trends in food consumption c. identify leading causes of death in the United States d. set goals for the nation's health over the next 10 years e. decrease health care costs