Compare the RDAs for a 51 YO, a 73 YO, and a 90 YO. Considering the results of these comparisons, what do you think about the sufficiency of the RDAs?
They are the same for all three classifications. This should speak for itself for the sufficiency of the RDAs. There are many individuals in their eighties and nineties who are very active while some in their sixties are vegetating in nursing homes. Do they have the same nutritional requirements?
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S. troops in Europe and Africa during World War II. His career was marred by an incident of scolding a distressed, frightened soldier as "a coward" and "yellow." Patton's behavior embodied which phenomenon associated with symptom delay in PTSD? a. Stigma b. Lag time c. Obscuration d. Co-morbidity
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