Which of the Following Statements About Malnutrition Is Not True

question 16

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about malnutrition is not true?

• A) Malnutrition can result from eating too much food as well as too little.
• B) The most severe consequences of malnutrition are often easily preventable.
• C) Protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) results when infants and children are unable to process protein they ingest.
• D) Anemia caused by a lack of iron affects almost one in four people around the world.

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Definitions:

Acclimatization

Acclimatization is the process by which an organism adjusts to changes in its environment, ensuring survival and maintaining performance across a range of environmental conditions.

Learned Behavior

Actions or reactions that individuals acquire through experience or by observing others, in contrast to innate behaviors.

Mammals

The class of vertebrate animals distinguished by bodies covered with hair or fur, self-regulating temperature, and in females, milk-producing mammary glands.

Reptiles

are a class of ectothermic, scaled vertebrates that include snakes, lizards, turtles, and crocodilians, distinct for their ability to lay eggs on land.