A Strategy That Can Help Prevent or Reduce High Blood

question 81

Multiple Choice

A strategy that can help prevent or reduce high blood pressure in women is to:

• A)consume a daily calcium supplement of 1,000 mg.
• B)consume a multi-vitamin mineral supplement.
• C)eliminate all caffeine-containing beverages from the diet.
• D)limit alcohol consumption to no more than 1 drink per day.

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Definitions:

Diminishing Returns to Scale

A situation where, as more inputs are used, the incremental increase in output decreases.

Economies of Scale

Economies of scale refer to the cost advantages that enterprises obtain due to their scale of operation, with cost per unit of output decreasing with increasing scale.

Constant Returns to Scale

A situation in production where increasing the inputs exactly proportionally results in an equivalent increase in output.

Economies of Scale

The financial benefits gained by businesses as a result of their operation size, wherein the expense for each unit produced typically drops as the scale expands.