In the United States, rates of breastfeeding is 56% until infants turn 6 months of age, which falls within the WHO’s “good” ranking for breastfeeding. However, differences exist across states, areas, maternal age, and racial and ethnic groups. Based on the information presented in Ch. 6, which of the following infants experience lower rates of breastfeeding in the United States:

Studies in Denmark, Finland, England, and Wales, analyzing data 30-40 years after the influenza pandemic, showed higher rates of schizophrenia among individuals who were prenatally exposed to the virus in the last two trimesters of pregnancy.

While researchers do not know exactly the causes for the rapid rise in obesity observed in the past decades, hypotheses exist trying to understand the complex interaction between biological and environmental factors contributing to obesity, Which of the following supports the carbohydrate-insulin model?

Many benefits to exclusively breastfeeding an infant for the first 6 months of life or longer were presented in Ch. 6.  Which of the following is a benefit of exclusively breastfeeding?

In the assigned video, Orthorexia: when ‘clean eating’ becomes unhealthy, Megan describes how her intense physical training turned into an intense preoccupation with healthy eating.

According to the World Health Organization (2023), cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide and refers to a group of disorders of the _______________ and _________________.

Lyons (2019) found an alarming rise of eating disorders and body dissatisfaction worldwide. An identified factor contributing to this global rise was:

A fetus prenatally exposed to ______ in the first three months of prenatal development may be born blind, deaf, and with damage to the heart and brain.

During prenatal development, the neural tube will become the:

According to the National Alliance for Caregiving (2015), about 40 million U.S. adults provide unpaid caregiving, which has the potential to be a stressful experienced for the caregiver. Which of the following is true about unpaid caregiving in the United States: