A significant shortcoming of the USDA Food Patterns and MyPlate is that they

A. assume that everyone eats the same foods in the same ways.
B. focus too much on whole foods, rather than prepared foods.
C. leave out specific activity recommendations.
D. cannot fully address the issue of serving sizes since no national standard exists.


Answer: D

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