Signs of malnutrition tend to appear most often in parts of the body where cell replacement occurs at a rapid rate, including all of the following except the:
a. hair.
b. skin.
c. respiratory tract.
d. digestive tract.
c
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What will be an ideal response?
A variation in a single nucleotide of a DNA strand is called a(n) ____
a. RNA switch b. thymine substitution c. environmental mutation d. single nucleotide polymorphism e. replication failure
Shelly was following a low-carbohydrate (25 grams CHO/day) diet for weight loss prior to conceiving, and now that she is pregnant she knows that she has to eat more. How many more grams of carbohydrate should Shelly plan to eat per day?
a. 100 b. 125 c. 150 d. 175
Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) determines which of the following body composition components that cannot be determined by other commonly used methods?
a. Fat mass b. Fat-free mass c. Bone density d. Total body water