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Older adults face a greater risk of vitamin D deficiency than young people due to ________.

Zinc deficiency leads to what type of physical symptom in older adults?

The number of extra kcalories per day needed to produce a normal supply of milk during the first 6 months of lactation is approximately:

An adequate calcium intake throughout life helps protect against ________.

What is the name given to the ingestion of nonnutritive substances? 

A 26 year-old female is a strict vegan and does not consume calcium-rich plant foods nor supplements of calcium. Which of the following is most responsible for maintaining her blood calcium levels in the normal range? 

Which of the following is a major function of chloride? 

The Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study (FITS) found that the most commonly consumed vegetable among infants and toddlers was:

Which of the following may result from iodine deficiency? 

For the normal-weight woman who becomes pregnant, what is the ideal weekly weight gain from the start of the second trimester and onward?