What are the nutritional needs and concerns of adolescents?

What will be an ideal response?


A good answer would include the following key points:
- Overweight and obese adolescents suffer psychological and physical consequences
- Excessive concern with body image may promote eating disorders
- Societal, cultural, biological, and environmental influences promote these disorders
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Narcolepsy occurs when ______________

a) REM sleep intrudes into wakefulness b) NREM sleep intrudes into wakefulness c) inadequate sleep occurs over a period of weeks d) inadequate levels of stage 4 sleep cause neurological damage

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Dominic has a hearing problem that is caused by a problem with the ossicles in his inner ear. Technically, he would be described as suffering from _____ deafness

A) binaural B) nerve C) conduction D) noise-induced

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Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

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