Jennifer eats junk food and drinks sodas daily and rarely eats any fresh fruits,

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Jennifer eats junk food and drinks sodas daily and rarely eats any fresh fruits, vegetables, or dairy products. She does not take any multivitamins because she feels perfectly healthy. Her physician warns her of the risk of having an imbalance of calcium and phosphate levels. What would be occurring in Jennifers body if she is found to have low levels of calcium and high levels O Decreased activation of vitamin D in the kidneys Increased excretion of phosphate in the kidneys. O Increased reabsorption of phosphate in the kidneys O Increased deposition of calcium into the bones. O

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decreased activation of vitamin D in kidneys.

As she eats ates lot of junk food she is prone to diabetes. Which is major factor for some kidney disease and hormonal imbalances. People in which parathyroid hormone levels is low hypophosphatemia is seen in them .

People with hypophosphatemia in kidney disease their calcium combines with phosphates and show low calcium values in blood.

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