As an Extra Credit Assignment,Professor Thompson Has His Nutrition Class

Multiple Choice

As an extra credit assignment,Professor Thompson has his nutrition class study different countries around the world with high malnutrition.For the project,students are asked to research a number of topics such as the number of low-birthweight newborns,prevalence of underweight children,rates of breastfeeding,and access to safe drinking water to learn more about each selected country.The students are then asked to give a brief report of their findings,along with possible strategies for helping the assigned country.Several commonalities are discovered among the students' reports.
-Students learned that in 1996,the World Food Summit pledged to reduce hunger and that now,attention is being given to _____.

A) increasing physical activity
B) decreasing food costs
C) increasing fiber intake
D) increasing access to safe water
E) decreasing the prevalence of infectious disease among young children