The primary safety issue related to the presence of a taste deficit in a young child is there will most likely be:
1. Little incentive to hydrate
2. No social connection to food
3. Limited food experimentation
4. Little discretion for ill-tasting substances
ANS: 4
The inability to taste ill-flavored substances may well lead to accidental poisoning.
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