Nutrition Through the Life Cycle (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305628007
Author: Judith E. Brown
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 4, Problem 1RQ
_______ Which of the following statements is incorrect?
- a. Rates of preterm delivery and low birth-weight in the United States are trending downward but remain higher in non-Hispanic Black American women and infants than in other groups.
- b. Reductions in the proportion of infants born small, early, or both would clearly decrease infant mortality.
- c. The international ranking of the United States for infant mortality rate has been improving since the beginning of the twenty-first century.
- d. National health objectives for pregnant women and newborns focus on the reduction of low birth-weight, preterm delivery, and infant mortality.
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