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For a moderately active 19- to 30-year-old female, what percentage of the recommended daily intake do 3 servings of ice cream or 6 servings of frozen yogurt represent?

A) 42%
B) 35%
C) 28%
D) 21%

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Without specific nutritional information for the servings of ice cream and frozen yogurt, it is not possible to accurately determine what percentage of the daily recommended intake they represent. Typically, a moderately active 19- to 30-year-old female should have a diet of about 2,000 to 2,200 calories per day, with 20-35% from fats. Nutritional labels would provide the necessary details to calculate the answer.

Step-by-step explanation:

To answer the question 'For a moderately active 19- to 30-year-old female, what percentage of the recommended daily intake do 3 servings of ice cream or 6 servings of frozen yogurt represent?', we need to consider the daily recommended intake of calories and fats for young adult women. The question, however, does not provide the specific calorie counts for servings of ice cream and frozen yogurt, so the exact answer cannot be determined without additional information.

Based on health guidelines, it is generally recommended that moderately active women aged 19-30 consume about 2,000 to 2,200 calories per day with approximately 20-35% of these calories coming from fats, according to the Acceptable Macronutrient Distribution Ranges (AMDR). With the assumption that fats contain about 9 calories per gram, a 2000-calorie diet should include no more than 78 grams of total fats, representing about 35% of the total caloric intake. A fair assumption would be that ice cream and frozen yogurt, particularly if they are full fat, contain a significant part of their calories from fats. To provide a professional assessment and without the specific nutritional information for the ice cream or frozen yogurt, we need to know the fat contents per serving to determine what percentage of the daily intake they represent.

To calculate what percentage of the recommended daily intake 3 servings of ice cream or 6 servings of frozen yogurt represent, we need the caloric and fat information for each serving. As a tutor, I recommend looking at the nutrition labels of the products in question to gather the necessary information to solve this problem accurately.

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