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Vegetarian women during pregnancy should include the following in their diets except:
 a. tofu.
  b. nuts.
  c. whole grains.
  d. protein supplements.

Q. 2

The pregnant woman ideally should include 175 grams of carbohydrate to achieve the following goals except to:
 a. provide energy for the fetal brain.
  b. spare protein needed for fetal growth.
  c. increase fiber that will reduce risk for constipation.
  d. provide micronutrients needed to prepare the uterus for labor.

Q. 3

During the first trimester, the pregnant woman should:
 a. reduce kcalories to lessen total weight gain with the pregnancy.
  b. increase her protein intake to 35 of the total kcalories.
  c. increase her kcaloric intake by 450 kcalories.
  d. not increase kcalories.

Q. 4

The effects of malnutrition during the critical period of development of each organ and tissue type are:
 a. irreversible.
  b. most often lethal.
  c. minimal to the development of the fetus because of the priority for nutrition established by the fetus.
  d. reversed only with subsequent improved and adequate nutrition during the remaining gestation.

Q. 5

Early pregnancy malnutrition can adversely affect development of the fetal:
 a. heart and brain.
  b. lungs and kidneys.
  c. liver and intestines.
  d. skeletal and visceral structures.

Q. 6

Obese women who become pregnant are more likely to have all of the following problems except:
 a. hypertension.
  b. gestational diabetes.
  c. to have drug-induced labor.
  d. longer need for post delivery pain medication.

Q. 7

Worldwide mortality of children under five years old is attributed to:
 a. normal birthweight and child abuse.
  b. nutritional deficiency with low birthweight.
  c. prematurity and breastfeeding only for 12 months.
  d. low birthweight and supplemental feeding with iron-fortified formula.

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