Question

a third world country village gets a monthly air drop of white rice.the amount of rice is enough so that every villager never have a hungry stomach.which of the following is a concern related to nutrition? 1.the rice is poisoned 2 the rice is spoiled. 3the rice only diet may lead to malnutrition 4 the villagers do not distribute the rice equitably

Answer 1

C. The consumption of only 1 food that contains only few nutrients may lead to them not having enough nutrition

Answer 2

Answer:

Option C, 3the rice only diet may lead to malnutrition

Explanation:

Even though villagers have enough amount of rice to feed everyone but only rice consumption may lead to deficiency of several vital nutrients. Rice being rich in carbohydrate can only fulfill carbohydrate requirement, while body along with carbohydrate also need proteins, vitamins, fibers etc. which these villagers are devoid of. Hence, in this way villagers may soon face the issue of malnutrition.

Hence, option  C, the rice only diet may lead to malnutrition