Nutrition
Nutrition
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ISBN: 9781337906371
Author: Sizer, Frances Sienkiewicz., WHITNEY, Ellie
Publisher: Cengage Learning,
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Chapter 10, Problem 12SC
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Whether the statement ‘In cold weather, athletes who develop disorientation and slurred speech may be exhibiting the condition of hypothermia’ is correct or not.

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The hypothermia is a condition, in which the temperature of the body is decreased. It occurs when the body loses more heat than it can produce.

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