Each of the Following Is True Regarding Considerations That a Dental

question 18

Multiple Choice

Each of the following is true regarding considerations that a dental hygienist must make when making dietary recommendations except one. Which one is the exception?

• A) The dietary reference intakes (DRI) can be used as an assessment guide for all patients.
• B) An individual's exact requirement for a specific nutrient is not known.
• C) The upper limits (ULs) can be used to warn patients of adverse effects of excessive intake of nutrients.
• D) The DRIs are general guidelines and do not provide specific requirements.
• E) Specific foods or groups of foods should be discussed rather than nutrients.

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Definitions:

Primary Sex Characteristics

The physical features directly involved in reproduction, such as the ovaries in females and testes in males.

Hormones

Chemical messengers produced by glands in the body, which travel through the bloodstream to tissues or organs, affecting various physiological processes.

Fetus

The developing human organism during the period (week 9 until birth) when rapid growth and further development of the structures, organs, and systems of the body occur.

Primary Sex Characteristic

The main biological and physical features inherent in males and females that are directly involved in reproduction, such as ovaries in females and testes in males.