Exam 9: Nutrition in Childhood and Adolescence

Atherosclerosis is a progressive, complex disease that often begins in childhood and adolescence, and is related to high serum total cholesterol levels.

Crystal had to measure children's body fat in a gym class today. She noticed that the boys' results were very different from that of the girls. Girls tend to accumulate more ________ during the adolescent rapid-growth period.

Nick is an average teenager who eats at fast-food restaurants twice a week. Fast-food visits account for what percentage of all food eaten away from home?

Which condition involves feeling disgusted or guilty after overeating?

Television and the Internet are not the favorite advertising media of the food industry.

Research shows that nutrient content of advertised foods exceeds the recommended amounts for fat, saturated fat, and sodium, and fails to provide the recommended amount of fiber and certain vitamins and minerals.

Which Coordinated School Health Program strategy may include planned and sequential instruction that promotes physical activity designed to develop basic movement skills, sports skills, and physical fitness, and to enhance physical, mental, social, and emotional abilities?

Which of the following conditions has this characteristic: Eating large amounts of foods when not physically hungry?

Parents' nutritional knowledge is not important in the prevention of overweight and obesity in their children.

Give two suggestions that may help reduce dental caries in children.

Atherosclerosis is a progressive, complex disease that often begins in childhood and adolescence, and is related to high serum total cholesterol levels.

The secondary causes of protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) may be due to:

Children under the age of 5 are at risk for undernutrition because their energy need is high.

There are eight components to a coordinated school health program. Name three.

Common nutrition problems for children and adolescents with special healthcare needs may include which of the following?

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provided guidelines for promoting healthy eating among school-aged children. The strategies include:

Children quadruple their birth weight by what age?

Dan has just been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, which accounts for what percentage of all diagnosed cases of diabetes?

Which of the following programs provides nutritious lunches and the opportunity for professionals to practice skills learned in nutrition education classes?

Which condition is characterized by disturbance in the way in which body size or weight is perceived?