Question

Jack is a college athlete who requires 2,800 kilocalories a day to support his total energy needs. Even though Jack likes many different foods and makes it a point to try new things, he only consumes approximately 1,600 kilocalories a day. Which one of the characteristics of a healthy diet is Jack missing?

Answer 1

Answer is adequacy [ nutritional adequacy]

Step-by-step explanation:

Adequate or sufficient consumption of essential nutrients which is required in fulfilling nutritional requirements is known to be adequacy [ nutritional ].

The mean adequacy ratio [MAR] can be calculated as follows

MAR = sum of NAR/ number of nutrients × 100.

Note; NAR is Nutrients adequacy ratio.