Which of the following warning signs would NOT be part of the nutrition checklist used to identify risk factors in the elderly?
a. Reduced social contact
b. Multiple medications
c. Elder years above age 70
d. Economic hardship
e. Tooth loss
c
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a. malabsorption b. fluid and electrolyte imbalances c. anemia d. weight loss e. hypertension
Adequate Intake (AI) levels are daily intake levels of a given nutrient that
A. should not be exceeded. B. are established when RDAs cannot be determined because of insufficient evidence. C. are equivalent to the EAR. D. are adequate to meet the needs of 97% of healthy individuals in a given life-stage and sex category.
Mass media and advertising are among the _____ factors that play a more distal and indirect role in determining food patterns, yet can exert a powerful influence on specific food choices?
a. behavioral b. microenvironmental c. macrosystem d. cognitive-affective e. immediate social environmental