Mia is a participant in a human intervention study designed to test the effectiveness of losing weight by eating a diet that contains 25% of one's required kcalories from fat. Because she is in this study, Mia has decided to increase the amount of exercise she gets and to reduce the amount of beer she drinks. Mia's behavior is an example of _____
a. the Sanders effect
b. subject bias
c. a confounding variable
d. the Hawthorne effect
d
Nutritional Science
You might also like to view...
Which of the following is a source of complete proteins?
A) Cottage cheese B) Eggs C) Rice D) Zucchini E) a and b
Nutritional Science
After ingested food is mixed and churned with gastric secretions, the resulting semifluid mass is called:
a. a bolus. b. chyme. c. rennin. d. glycogen.
Nutritional Science
Which nutrient would most likely need to be supplemented for a pregnant woman who is a vegan??
A) ?vitamin A B) ?potassium C) ?vitamin B12 D) ?sodium
Nutritional Science
Iron deficiency anemia is most likely to occur ________.
A. between the ages of 12 and 24 months B. between the ages of 3 to 5 years C. between birth and age 3 months D. after the child starts school
Nutritional Science