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To lose one pound per week, a person needs a deficit of:

Which of the following lowers the basal metabolic rate (BMR)?

Table salt is often fortified with:

Which of the following MyPlate food groups is the best source of phytochemicals?

If a person, who is trying to lose weight, decreases her overall intake by 250 calories per day, she should lose:

Which of the following has contributed to the rise in the incidence of overweight and obesity in recent years?

Which of the following is the most effective way to increase metabolism?

A person who is underweight is likely to develop?

The nurse, working on the maternity unit, receives a call from a pregnant woman asking how she can know whether a medication is safe to take while pregnant. What is the nurse’s best response?

Drugs do not metabolize the same way in all people. For what patient would a nurse expect to assess for an alteration in drug metabolism?