PANCE Exam Practice Questions: Quiz 854

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A 21-year-old female presents for her annual examination. She enjoys drinking to excess on the weekends with her friends and smokes cigarettes to “keep her weight down.” She avoids dairy products because they cause bloating and diarrhea. Her medications include birth control pills and OTC antihistamine. She runs 3 miles per day at least 5 days per week. She is 5 ft 2 in and 105 lb. In addition to counseling her on using a barrier method for avoidance of sexually transmitted diseases, what other advice should you give?
- a. Binge drinking has no adverse health repercussions
- b. She shouldn’t start vitamin D or calcium until after menopause.
- c. She should change her current exercise routine to water aerobics.
- d. She has several significant factors contributing to a low peak bone mass.

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