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Obesity is more prevalent in _____________.
 A) immigrant families
  B) families in poverty
  C) single-parent families
  D) minority families

Question 2

Describe the types of people who are prone to vitamin deficiencies.



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Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

Persons who do not eat a balanced diet, including alcoholics, the poor and incapacitated, the elderly, clients with serious diseases that affect appetite, intellectually disabled persons, and young children who receive inadequate care. Fat-soluble vitamin deficiency may occur in clients with chronic malabsorption diseases such as cystic fibrosis, celiac disease, and Crohn's disease.





 

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