Exam 14: Global Food and Nutrition Security: Challenges and Opportunities

Debt and trade are closely related to the progress a country can make toward achieving adequate diets for its people.

Kwashiorkor describes a condition of severe emaciation from energy deficiency with chronic wasting of fat, muscle, and other tissues, also known as starvation.

In developing countries, mothers are advised to continue breastfeeding for up to two years.

Match the descriptive feature in the left column with the deficiency disease in the right column. Options will be used more than once.​ -​Presence of nutritional anemia associated with severe lack of food

Match the descriptive feature in the left column with the deficiency disease in the right column. Options will be used more than once.​ -​Anemia is common

What best describes the International Code of Marketing of Breast milk Substitutes?

Describe kwashiorkor and miasmas and explain how malnutrition is currently classified.

Fortifying food is generally a small-scale undertaking and is effective only if the target groups can get the fortified product for free.

The direct costs of hunger include the loss of productivity and income due to problems associated with chronic hunger.

Vitamin A has been added to what product in several regions of Central America as part of food fortification to combat vitamin A deficiency?

​Match the definitions/descriptions in the left column with the appropriate term in the right column. Options will only be used once. -​Severe malnutrition caused by inadequate protein and calories leading to apathy, anemia, loss of body proteins, and poor growth

What describes a global factor affected by urbanization?

Match the descriptive feature in the left column with the deficiency disease in the right column. Options will be used more than once.​ -​Stunting

​Match the definitions/descriptions in the left column with the appropriate term in the right column. Options will only be used once. -​Severe emaciation from energy deficiency with chronic wasting of fat, muscle, and other tissues

​Match the definitions/descriptions in the left column with the appropriate term in the right column. Options will only be used once. -​Treatment for dehydration

What feeding guidelines are recommended for the newborn baby?

GOBI is a child survival plan set forth by the USDA.

What condition causes the highest rate of child mortality among children ages one month to five years?

​Match the definitions/descriptions in the left column with the appropriate term in the right column. Options will only be used once. -​Characterized in children by short height for age

An example of a direct health-related expense associated with maternal complications in pregnancy is ____.