The client is reviewing her meal plans with the nurse and remarks that she thinks she is vitamin deficient. How can the nurse BEST explain vitamin deficiency?
a. Vitamin deficiency should be established by a physician's diagnosis or blood test.
b. Vitamin deficiency is not related to diet.
c. You will be deficient in vitamins if you go on a diet.
d. Vitamin deficiency is established by your body mass index (BMI).
a. Vitamin deficiency should be established by a physician's diagnosis or blood test.
FEEDBACK:
a. Vitamin deficiency should be established by a physician's diagnosis or blood test.
b. Most foods supply the necessary required vitamins and minerals. .
c. A diet may but will not necessarily cause a vitamin deficiency. .
d. BMI is used to estimate a healthy person's body weight. .
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