NUTRITION
FOOD SAFETY
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Question
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Teens and Adults
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Children, older adults and people with weakened immune systems.
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Children, teens and adults.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Older adults have a higher risk because as people age, their immune systems and organs don’t recognize and get rid of harmful germs as well as they once did. Nearly half of people aged 65 and older who have a lab-confirmed foodborne illness from Salmonella, Campylobacter, Listeria or E. coli are hospitalized.
Detailed explanation-2: -Children younger than five years are at an increased risk for foodborne illness and related health complications because their immune systems are still developing. Young children with developing immune systems cannot fight off infections as well as adults.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the US, norovirus is the most common cause of illness from contaminated food or water-but food isn’t the only way people can get norovirus. It also spreads easily from person-to-person.