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The process of protein breakdown, recovery, and synthesis is called:
 
 a. protein recovery.
  b. the protein cycle.
  c. protein turnover.
  d. protein rotation.

Q. 2

Which American Institute released a report in 2006, highlighting recommendations for improving preconception health and health care services?
 a. Food and Drug Administration
 b. US Department of Agriculture
 c. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  d. National Institutes of Health
 e. National Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Q. 3

Which of the following is not one of the essential amino acids?
 
 a. carnitine
  b. phenylalanine
  c. tryptophan
  d. histidine

Q. 4

A potential future target audience of the WIC program is low-income _____.
 a. postpartum women
 b. pregnant women
 c. children
 d. breastfeeding women
 e. preconceptional women

Q. 5

An example of a conditionally essential amino acid is:
 
 a. valine.
  b. leucine.
  c. lysine.
  d. tyrosine.

Q. 6

In a study done in California, women who received WIC benefits from one pregnancy through the first two months of their second pregnancy had _____ than women who only received WIC services during their first pregnancy.
 a. better iron status
 b. lower zinc levels
 c. newborns with lower birth weights
  d. newborns with lower birth lengths
  e. higher blood glucose levels

Q. 7

Essential amino acids:
 
 a. are found mostly in plant foods.
  b. cannot be synthesized by the body.
  c. cannot be supplied by the diet.
  d. are the best source of energy for the body.

Q. 8

Among the hormonal contraceptives being developed for men are those containing _____ as a means of _____.
 a. estradiol; inhibiting release of sperm into the semen
 b. luteinizing hormone; reducing sperm production
 c. testosterone; reducing sperm production
 d. luteinizing hormone; inhibiting release of sperm into the semen
  e. testosterone; inhibiting ejaculation

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