Exam 12: Children and Adolescents: Nutrition Issues, Services, and Programs

Match the program in the right column with its purpose in the left column. Options will be used only once.​ -​Improve the health and nutritional status of low-income women, infants, children and the elderly through donation of supplemental foods.

The most common chronic disease of children aged 5 to 17 years is ____.

The primary feeding goal of a child with special needs is for the child to feed him- or herself.

The Free to Be Me program, which helped young girls feel good about their bodies, worked within the framework of which established, widely accepted community program?

The Healthy Eating Index is used as an indicator of diet quality as it provides an overall picture of the types of foods people choose to eat and of their adherence to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans.

All schools that offer the School Lunch Program (NSLP) are also required to offer the breakfast program.

The link between high blood lead levels and ____ in children led to a large-scale public health effort and legislation to eliminate or reduce lead from certain products.

Physiologically, how do overweight and obesity affect the growth and maturation of children?

Overweight in children is defined as having a BMI ____ on the CDC growth chart.

Discuss three USDA nutrition assistance programs aimed at improving the health and nutritional status of children, including their purpose, types of assistance offered to clients, and eligibility requirements.

Match the program in the right column with the appropriate description in the left column. Options will be used only once. -​Uses a mascot, Power Panther, as the primary communication vehicle for delivering messages about nutrition and physical activity to children and their caregivers.

​The final review for t​he Healthy People 2010 initiative shows an overall trend for the worse in the data on the weight status of children.

Match the program in the right column with its purpose in the left column. Options will be used only once.​ -​Improve the diets of school and preschool children by using government surplus foods.

What are three suggestions for building a more healthful school environment?

Children typically gain ____ or more pounds per year between one year of age and adolescence.

Define competitive foods. What is the impact of the sale of these foods during lunch times?

Diabetes mellitus is the number one most chronic disease of childhood.

Match the program in the left column with the appropriate administering body in the right column. The same letter may be used more than once. -​National School Lunch Program

As measured by the Healthy Eating Index (HEI) for adolescents ages 2-17, the consumption of which dietary components were farthest from recommendations?

Legislation is being sought to eliminate the "reduced-price" category within the National School Lunch Program.