Which of the following factors contributes most prominently to an infant’s vulnerability to dehydration? a. a significantly lower percentage of an infant’s total body weight is water when compared...

Which of the following factors contributes most prominently to an infant’s vulnerability to dehydration?

a. a significantly lower percentage of an infant’s total body weight is water when compared with older children and adults

b. an infant’s basal metabolic rate is lower than an adult’s basal metabolic rate

c. infants normally have a very high rate of water turnover when compared with older children and adults

d. an infant’s body weight is composed of a greater proportion of fat than is an adult’s body weight