Bones continuously gain and lose minerals. This ongoing process is called:
a. reorganization.
b. remodeling.
c. reorienting.
d. redesigning.
Q. 2Which agency or organization administers the Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care Survey?
a. U.S. Surgeon General
b. Health Resources and Services Administration
c. UCLA Center for Healthier Children
d. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
e. Wellstart International
Q. 3In many people, chronic high intakes of _____ raise blood pressure.
a. sodium
b. potassium
c. calcium
d. phosphorus
e. zinc
Q. 4Among 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. 5Almost 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. 6An 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. 7The typical U. S. diet provides _____ potassium.
a. adequate
b. excessive
c. inadequate
d. no
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