List the components of 24-hour energy expenditure and the approximate percentage of total energy used by each


The components are resting energy expenditure: 67%; physical activity energy expenditure: 23%; and thermic effect of food: 10%.

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A measurement that may be used to calculate height in patients who are confined to bed is:

a. spine length. b. knee height. c. head circumference. d. wrist circumference.

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a. disaccharides. b. oligosaccharides. c. resistant starch. d. hemicellulose.

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