Erin is a 28-year-old professional woman who is 5 feet 8 inches tall and vigilantly maintains her weight at 118 pounds by following a lacto-ovo (non-fat milk and egg whites only) vegetarian diet that supplies approximately 1200 calories a day. with her understanding that protein should provide between 10 and 35 percent of her daily intake of calories, she reasons that her daily intake of 4o grams of protein from milk, eggs, legumes, and nuts is adequate for her needs. she is concerned, however, that she has been sick more than the usual and has experienced two stress fractures in her leg over the past three years while exercising. what is the protein rda per kilogram of healthy body weight?
a. 0.4 g
b. 0.8 g
c. 1 g
d. 0.6 g
e 1.2 g
what features of erin's diet would explain why she has been sick more than usual?
a. the animal proteins she eats do not contain fat.
b. she is underweight and not meeting the protein dri to maintain a healthy weight
c. her inadequate calcium intake is contributing to the two incidents of stress fractures.
d. her protein intake only consists of high quality proteins
e. her low energy intake (1200 kilocalories) is forcing the body to use some of the limited dietary protein to meet energy needs rather than make needed antibodies to fight an infection.