Erin is a a8-year-old professional woman who is s feet 8 inches tall and vigilan

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Erin is a a8-year-old professional woman who is s feet 8 inches tall and vigilantly maintains her weight at 1u8 pounds by following a lacto-ovo (oon-fat milk and vegetarian diet that supplies approximately s00 calories a day. With her underntanding that protein her daily intake of 4o grams of protein from milkeges, legumes, and nuts is adequate for her needs, She is concerned, however, that she has calories a day. With her underntanding that protein should provide between so and 3s percent of her daily calories, she reasons that experienced two stress fractures in her leg over the past three years while exercising. i. What is the protein RDA per kilogram of healthy body weight? O c 19 O e 1.2g

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1) The recommended daily allowance (RDA) of protein per kilogram of healthy bodyweight is 1 g (option c).

6) Erin is taking a low calorie diet of 1200 KCal. She is taking lower than required protein RDA (40g Vs required 54g). The lower calorie intake is forcing her body to use some of the limited dietary protein to meet energy needs rather than make needed antibodies to fight an infection (option e).

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