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Discuss type 1 diabetes mellitus and type 2 diabetes mellitus by answering the following questions.  What are the causes of each?  What is occurring in the body? What are the three primary practices used to manage diabetes?

A pregnant woman is concerned about eating fish because of its potential contamination with mercury. What advice would you give her?

Which of the following is a DRI recommendation for fat intake for healthy people?  (What is the AMDR for fats?)

The best way to reach fiber intake recommendations is to include _____ in the diet.

Match the term with the correct definition.  (There are more answer items than you will need.)

Dietary fiber has been recommended for its possible benefits in reducing heart disease by lowering blood cholesterol.  How does fiber play a role in lowering blood cholesterol?

You often cannot refuse food offered to you by your companions. Which food choice factor does this situation illustrate? 

A 10-year-old boy is going through a growth spurt. What should his nitrogen status be, given that he needs to build new muscle tissue?

Blood leaving the digestive system is routed directly to the [BLANK-1].

The wavelike muscular squeezing of the esophagus, stomach, and small intestine that pushes their contents along is called [BLANK-1].