____________________ refers to the maintenance of constant internal conditions (such as blood chemistry, temperature, and blood pressure) by the body's control systems

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Homeostasis

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Suppose that you are interested in interviewing for a job that you saw offered on your school's job website. It is for a commercial laboratory that conducts chemical tests for food evaluation. Before the interview, you want to familiarize yourself with the variety of chemical tests. Describe several examples of chemical tests, explain what they measure and how, and discuss where and in what context they would be used.

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How could having irregular menstrual cycles lead to a lack of early prenatal care for some obese women?

a. When women don't menstruate they may feel they are not ovulating and can't get pregnant, so they don't get prenatal care b. Women may not be aware they are already pregnant because a delay in their menses is normal c. Women think an egg will not implant without ovulation d. All of the above e. a and b only

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Arrange the foods in order by fat content, from least (1) to greatest (5) percentage of calories from fat.

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