Exam 8: Nutrition During Pregnancy and Infancy

Inadequate, absent, or delayed prenatal care may cause nutritional deficiencies. The ideal time to start prenatal care is when?

Jill hasn't had an appetite for breakfast for weeks. She is usually hungry when she first wakes up, but now that she is 14 to 16 weeks pregnant, things have changed. What is/are the possible diet-related complications Jill maybe experiencing?

Megan just found out that she is pregnant. She has been eating more iron-rich foods such as kidney beans, raisins, and nuts. The dietary reference intake of _____ for iron is recommended for a healthy pregnant woman.

Iron supplementation increases the incidence of _______, as well as low fiber and low fluid intake.

Insensible water loss is the continual loss of body water by evaporation from the respiratory tract and diffusion through the skin.

The production of human breastmilk requires:

Studies show that structured exercise __________ times per week during the third trimester produced lower infant birth weights.

The odds of a lower infant birth weight were __________________ increased for those who exercised five or more times per week and __________ increased for those at the other extreme, who engaged in structured exercise two or fewer times per week.

An adolescent who becomes pregnant is at risk because:

Which of the following provides monthly supplemental food packages to low-income households living on Indian reservations?

Jackie is a worried mother and likes to make sure her children are healthy. She is worried her infant isn't getting enough iron in her diet. What can cause iron deficiency in infants?

Poor attention span, gross motor development, and intellectual performance in childhood have been linked to:

All of the following are issues in adolescent pregnancy that influence nutritional well-being except:

Which of the following provides vouchers redeemable for fresh fruits and vegetables at farmers' markets? The purpose of this program is to increase the awareness and use of farmers' markets to selected participants in the WIC program in addition to their regular WIC benefits.

Judith is concerned about consuming caffeine during her pregnancy because of its known ability to decrease the availability of all of the following except:

Linoleic acid, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) are high in human breast milk because they are needed for:

Which of the following is stimulated by a rapid drop of serum progesterone and maybe estrogen after the delivery of the placenta. It is also accompanied by a significant decrease in breast milk levels of sodium, chloride, and protein and an increase in lactose and milk lipids?

Name three factors that affect the health of a mother and her fetus.

Which of the following provides commodity foods to emergency kitchens, homeless shelters and similar organizations that serve meals to low-income individuals?

Adolescents have more of which of the following, than adult women?