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CNS Certified Nutrition Specialist VIP Practice Exam
CNS — The Certified Nutrition Specialist (CNS) credential is issued by the Board for Certification of Nutrition Specialists (BCNS) under the American Nutrition Association; the real exam consists of 200 multiple-choice questions administered over 3.5 hours, requires a master's or doctoral degree in a nutrition-related field plus 1,000 supervised practice hours, and uses a passing standard of approximately 70%.
29
Questions
90m
Time Limit
70.00%
To Pass
Question 1 of 29👑 VIP
A 42-year-old woman presents with fatigue, pale conjunctiva, and a serum ferritin of 8 ng/mL. Her diet history reveals high consumption of spinach and legumes but no animal products. Her complete blood count shows a mean corpuscular volume (MCV) of 72 fL. Which of the following mechanisms best explains why her dietary iron intake is insufficient despite consuming iron-rich plant foods?
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