People with alcoholism are at a much greater risk of malnutrition than are other people and usually exhibit low levels of most vitamins (especially folic acid). This is because alcohol often takes the place of 50% of their daily intake of calories, with little nutritional value contained in it.
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Malaria mortality rates are falling. Increased malaria prevention and control measures have greatly improved these rates. Since 2000, malaria mortality rates have fallen globally by 60% among all age groups, and by 65% among children under age 5.
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All adults should have their cholesterol levels checked once every 5 years. During 2009–2010, 69.4% of Americans age 20 and older reported having their cholesterol checked within the last five years.
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There are 20 feet of blood vessels in each square inch of human skin.
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The average adult has about 21 square feet of skin.
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Edgar Degas, After the Bath, Woman Drying Herself.
Woman (formerly a.k.a. the Venus of Willendorf), Lower Austria.
Elizabeth, a married 35-year-old woman, always thought that she followed a sensible diet