In taking a diet history, a nurse might be told that the expectant mother has cravings for ice chips, cornstarch, and baking soda. This represents a nutritional problem known as:
1. preeclampsia.
2. pyrosis.
3. pica.
4. purging.
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1. Incorrect. Consuming foods low in nutritional value or nonfood substances (dirt, laundry starch) is called pica.
2. Incorrect. Consuming foods low in nutritional value or nonfood substances (dirt, laundry starch) is called pica.
3. Correct. Consuming foods low in nutritional value or nonfood substances (dirt, laundry starch) is called pica.
4. Incorrect. Consuming foods low in nutritional value or nonfood substances (dirt, laundry starch) is called pica.
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