Among the key barriers to breastfeeding as identified by the 2011 Surgeon General's Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding are _____.
a. overconfident mothers
b. lack of research on breastfeeding benefits
c. the milk industry
d. poor family and social support
e. obesity in exclusively breastfed children
Q. 2Almost all (99) of the calcium in the body is used to:
a. provide energy for cells.
b. provide rigidity for the bones.
c. regulate the transmission of nerve impulses.
d. regulate muscle contraction.
Q. 3An urban community wants to decrease ethnic and racial disparities in early postpartum breastfeeding rates. Which ethnic group would most likely have the greatest potential for increased breastfeeding rates?
a. African American women
b. White women
c. Hispanic women
d. Asian women
e. Latina women
Q. 4The typical U. S. diet provides _____ potassium.
a. adequate
b. excessive
c. inadequate
d. no
Q. 5Based on a Breastfeeding Report Card, breastfeeding rates are lower in _____.
a. Alaska
b. Idaho
c. Alabama
d. Utah
e. Wyoming
Q. 6Which of the following is not a good source of potassium?
a. orange juice
b. bananas
c. potatoes
d. broccoli
e. cheese
Q. 7Healthy People 2020 has breastfeeding objectives focusing on _____.
a. increasing the proportion of breastfed infants
b. increasing the duration of breastfeeding
c. decreasing the duration of breastfeeding
d. increasing the proportion of breastfed infants and increasing the duration of breastfeeding
e. increasing the proportion of breastfed infants but decreasing the duration of breastfeeding
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