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Tazate · **on:** Aug 20, 2018

Urbanization, the shifting of a country's population
from rural areas to urban areas, creates new challenges;
one of those challenges is the adoption of new dietary
patterns. How are these dietary changes impacting
global health?

Question 2

Maltose, an end product of starch digestion, is degraded in the small intestine by the enzyme

A. maltase.
B. sucrose.
C. lactase.
D. fructosidase.

reversalruiz · **Reply #1 on:** Aug 20, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Food sold within cities has shifted from traditional foods
toward highly processed food. Fast-food restaurants
have also replaced some vendors that would normally
sell local foods. Consequently, many of the same
developing regions of the world that have historically
faced food shortages are now engaged in this nutrition
transition, which is resulting in both undernutrition and
obesity. The need to address both undernutrition and
overnutrition simultaneously is a major challenge to
global health.

Answer to Question 2

A