Assignment:
1. What is the relationship between genetics and behavioral eating habits? In which stages of the lifecycle is nutrition more important? How might current choices affect future health? Provide a rationale for your answers. How is the effect of nutrition on growth, development, and learning different during the various stages of life?
2. HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, passes through breast-feeding to 1 in 7 infants born to HIV-infected mothers. However, in developing countries, some HIV-positive women are advised to breast-feed. Explain this advice, considering what you know about the benefits of breast-feeding.