Multiple Choice
When assessing a patient's nutritional status,the nurse recalls that the best definition of optimal nutritional status is:
A) nutrients in excess of daily body requirements.
B) sufficient nutrients to provide for the minimum body needs.
C) sufficient nutrients for daily body requirements but not for increased metabolic demands.
D) sufficient nutrients to provide for daily body requirements and for increased metabolic demands.
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