The Recommended Dietary Allowances

question 29

Multiple Choice

The Recommended Dietary Allowances:

• A) are designed primarily to prevent toxicities.
• B) are set when there is a lack of scientific data to generate an Adequate Intake.
• C) focus on all dietary components.
• D) are the same as the Adequate Intakes (AI) guidelines.
• E) are the foundation of the Dietary Reference Intakes.

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Definitions:

Laissez-Faire Economies

Economic systems in which transactions between private parties are free from government intervention such as regulations, privileges, tariffs, and subsidies.

Command Economies

Economic systems where government decisions rather than market mechanisms primarily dictate production, allocation, and prices of goods and services.

Laissez-Faire Economy

A market system in which private-party transactions are conducted without the interference of government actions like regulations, privileges, tariffs, and subsidies.

Marginal Tax Rate

The tax rate paid on the next dollar earned.