Nutritional Status During Pregnancy Is

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Multiple Choice

Nutritional status during pregnancy is:

• A)influenced only by the amount of protein that a woman intakes each day.
• B)easily determined simply by calculating the number of calories consumed.
• C)influenced by relative levels of protein, vitamins, minerals, and total calories.
• D)difficult to determine, since one must monitor complex interactions of several substances.

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Definitions:

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