Deficiencies are likely to develop most rapidly with low intakes of vitamin
a. A.
b. C.
c. D.
d. E.
B
Vitamin C is water soluble; vitamins A, D, and E are fat soluble. Deficiencies of water-soluble vitamins develop more rapidly because they are not stored in the body.
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