Studies on Nutritional Intake and Growth During World Wars I

question 73

Multiple Choice

Studies on nutritional intake and growth during World Wars I and II indicated that

• A) environmental factors contributed to slower growth in children.
• B) boys were less affected than girls and more so in weight than height.
• C) girls were more affected than boys and more so in height than weight.
• D) French girls matured faster during WWII than before the war.

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Definitions:

Immigration

The action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country.

Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium

A principle that states the genetic variation in a population will remain constant from one generation to another in the absence of disturbing factors.

Heterozygotes

Individuals having two different alleles of a particular gene, resulting in a mixture of genetic traits.

Null Hypothesis

A default hypothesis that there is no significant difference or effect, used as a starting point for statistical significance testing.