Jack is a college athlete who requires 2,800 kilocalories a day to support his total energy needs. Even though Jack likes many d
ifferent 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? A. adequacy
B. balance
C. moderation
D. variety
Principal of adequacy, moderation, variety, balance should be considered when you are making a healthy diet plan. Principle of adequacy says that you should have a diet that fulfills all the nutrient and energy demand of the body.
Here jack fulfills the balance, moderation and variety characteristic of a healthy diet but adequacy is missing in his diet because he is not taking an adequate amount of calories through his diet which fulfills the need of 2800 kilocalories a day for him. So the right answer is A.
