The Dietary Guidelines for Americans Are Intended for Healthy Adults

question 28

Multiple Choice

The Dietary Guidelines for Americans are intended for healthy adults and children ages _____ and older.

• A) one
• B) two
• C) three
• D) four

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Definitions:

Production Possibilities Frontier

A curve depicting the maximum attainable combinations of two products that may be produced with available resources and current technology.

Efficient

Achieving maximum productivity with minimum wasted effort or expense; in economics, an allocation of resources in which it is impossible to make any one individual better off without making someone else worse off.

Inefficient

Refers to a situation where resources are not used in the most effective way, leading to waste or suboptimal outcomes.

Efficient Production

The process of producing goods or services in a way that minimizes waste and maximizes the use of resources.