The placenta transports _____ between the mother and fetus.
A. insulin
B. enzymes
C. maternal red blood cells
D. blood and nutrients
E. nutrients and gas
Answer: E
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a. abnormal lipid levels b. accumulation of body fat in the hips c. breast enlargement in both men and women d. insulin resistance e. loss of fat from the face
Carly is an overweight 21-year-old who is committed to good health after taking a nutrition course. She realizes that being a savvy shopper is part of the process and decides to learn how to look more critically at food labels. She picks up two different boxes of ready-to-eat breakfast cereal and sees the food labels shown in Figure 1. Help Carly evaluate these two breakfast cereals.
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Carly is concerned about a family history of high blood pressure. Which item listed on the food label is she likely to check?
a. ?vitamin C
b. ?iron
c. ?sodium
d. ?zinc
e. ?fiber
NHANES III testing between the ages of 1 and 19 years includes ____
a. bone density tests b. fitness testing c. a physician's exam d. tests for protein in urine
Plants store glucose as starch because:
a. animals cannot digest starch b. the starch can be washed away by rain. c. starch is soluble in water. d. glucose is soluble in water. e. starch holds more energy per gram.