Exam 5: Cultural Influences and Public Health Nutrition

Which of the following describes individual responses or reactions to internal stimuli and external conditions?

Native Americans do not believe that a state of health exists when a person lives in total harmony with nature.

Dietetic professionals need to be sensitive to what might be considered acceptable or unacceptable by persons from different cultures by providing advice to each individual within a cultural perspective.

Sandy is a Native-American woman who has just been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. Annemaria, a dietitian, is giving her the necessary nutritional knowledge to manage the disease. It is evidenced in the way that Annemaria is providing the information that Sandy responds to and accurately interprets nonverbal and other cultural cues from Sandy, that Annemaria has a high level of what?

Nutritionists providing nutrition education to promote health must consider the interaction between biology and behaviors.

Some Hispanics believe that illness is caused by all of the following except:

A dietitian wants to know the definition of acculturation, which is repeated exposure to influences from a different culture. Dietary acculturation can result in both healthful and unhealthful dietary changes.

Melanie is a dietitian who frequently counsels persons who are of a different ethnic background than her own. Harris-Davis and Haughton found that _______ percent of registered dietitians provided services to individuals who were "culturally different than themselves" in a survey.

Which of the following describes the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group?

Which of the following describes shared origin or social background?

Sandra is a dietitian who is preparing nutrition education for an Asian community. She must consider how this community views health, including which of the following?

Heart disease rates are estimated to be ________ among Asian Indian immigrants than among European Americans.

A community nutritionist in the intervention phase may have issues involving community organizations such as churches for which of the following reasons?

Soul food is high in what food component?

Cancers are leading health problems for ______ men and women, with breast, colorectal, and lung cancers as the leading causes of death.

Cultural sensitivity in health promotion programs refers to planning interventions that are relevant and acceptable within the cultural framework of the population to be reached.

Which of the following describes interactions with family, friends, coworkers, and others in the community? It also encompasses social institutions, such as law enforcement, the workplace, places of worship, and schools.

A community nutritionist does not need to know that people from varying backgrounds become acculturated into U.S. society because dietary habits do not change from whole grains and vegetables to foods that are higher in fats and sugars.

A public health dietitian discovered that which ethnic group holds food in high spiritual regard and links physical health, balance, and harmony with food?

Charles is a registered dietitian. He understands how some cultures are similar and others are different. This is known as cultural: