As an Extra Credit Assignment, Professor Thompson Has His Nutrition

question 58

Multiple Choice

As an extra credit assignment, Professor Thompson has his nutrition class study different countries around the world with high malnutrition. For the project, students are asked to research a number of topics such as the number of low-birthweight newborns, prevalence of underweight children, rates of breastfeeding, and access to safe drinking water to learn more about each selected country. The students are then asked to give a brief report of their findings, along with possible strategies for helping the assigned country. Several commonalities are discovered among the students' reports.
Several students in Professor Thompson's class also discover that as countries undergo nutritional transition, the rate of _____ increases.

• A) HIV/AIDS
• B) iron deficiency
• C) infectious diseases
• D) obesity
• E) iodine deficiency

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