Exam 4: National Dietary and Nutrition Surveys

The Economic Research Service is a department within the ________.

Food and nutrient intake data collected by the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey are referred to as __________.

Per capita food __________ is calculated by dividing the total amount of food available for consumption by the total number of people in the U.S.population.

The purpose of the USDA's Supplemental Children's Survey is to gather the necessary data for updating the CDC's pediatric growth charts.

In the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey,older participants have _______.

The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey is a continuous,on-going survey conducted annually.

Which one of the following is responsible for conducting the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System?

What type of meat had the highest annual per capita availability in 2010?

Which of the following is another name for what is now referred to as What We Eat in America?

Limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate and safe food or limited or uncertain ability to acquire foods in socially acceptable ways is known as __________.

Of any food category,________ are the single largest source of added sweeteners in the U.S.diet.

The earliest efforts at nutritional monitoring in the United States were carried out by the ________.

Unless adjusted for losses,food availability data tend to _________ actual food and nutrient consumption.

A primary dietary assessment method used by the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey is the administration of two __________.

A research arm of Congress that audits government programs and highlights areas of waste and fraud is the _________.

Data on the prevalence of overweight and obesity collected by the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey are based on the body mass index of each subject participating in the survey,which is calculated using height and weight that are measured following standardized protocol.

Beginning in 1999,the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey became a __________,annual survey rather than one conducted periodically.

The major reason for the National Nutritional Monitoring and Related Research Program was to establish programs at the federal level for monitoring the nutritional status of the U.S.population.

Which one of the following is responsible for measuring food security in the United States?

Food availability data are derived from ________.