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As an Extra Credit Assignment, Professor Thompson Has His Nutrition

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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.
Most of Professor Thompson's students find that even in many developing countries, women suffer from malnutrition. Which of the following factors places women at high risk of developing malnutrition and having a low quality of life?

Awareness of the mental, emotional, and spiritual components in healing.

Understand the concept of energy balance and its significance in health.

Identify key legislation and organizations that impact health care.

Understand the objectives and implications of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

Definitions:

External

refers to something situated on the outside, or beyond the internal or personal; in psychology, it often pertains to factors or influences that originate outside the individual.

Attitudes

A psychological tendency expressed by evaluating a particular entity with some degree of favor or disfavor.

Intention

A mental state involving commitment to carrying out an action or actions in the future.

Social Loafing

The occurrence in which people put in less effort towards reaching a goal when part of a group than they do when working individually.