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6. The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) has which of the following objectives?
  1. Ongoing collection of health data from Americans < 65 years of age
  2. Identification of low birth weight infants
  3. Treatment for elevated blood lipid levels
  4. Collection of dietary data using 24-hour recalls
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7. The digestive hormone gastrin exerts all of the following effects except:
  1. Increased esophageal sphincter pressure
  2. Decreased pepsinogen production by the stomach
  3. Increased gallbladder contraction
  4. Increased HCL production by the parietal cells
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8. Which of the following vitamins functions as a hormone?
  1. Folic acid
  2. Vitamin C
  3. Vitamin E
  4. Vitamin D
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9. Which of the following is true for athletic amenorrhea, the loss of menstrual periods caused by excessive exercise?
  1. It results in irreversible bone loss
  2. It may be successfully treated by increasing carbohydrate intake
  3. It is treated by decreasing the intensity and amount of exercise
  4. A & C
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10. Clinical signs of cirrhosis of the liver are:
  1. Ascites and hypoalbuminemia
  2. Portal hypotension and constriction of esophageal veins
  3. Fat malabsorption and hyponatremia
  4. Decreased hepatic plasma volume and high osmolality
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