What Type of Diet Is Advised to Rehabilitate a Severely

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Multiple Choice

What type of diet is advised to rehabilitate a severely malnourished child?

• A) low protein
• B) high protein
• C) liberal quantities of lactose-free powdered milk until growth rate is restored
• D) high energy until normal body mass index is achieved, then moderate energy thereafter

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Definitions:

Parametric Tests

Statistical tests based on assumptions about the distribution of the data (e.g., that it is normally distributed).

Nonparametric Test

A statistical test used when the assumptions for parametric tests are not met, not requiring the population's distribution to follow any specific distribution.

Mann-Whitney U Test

A nonparametric test used to compare differences between two independent groups when the dependent variable is either ordinal or continuous, but not normally distributed.

Paired-difference Experiment

An experimental design where the observations are made in pairs, and the analysis is based on the differences within each pair.