Exam 2: Nutrition Screening and Assessment

Larry is a dietitian at the local community health clinic, and one of his responsibilities is to conduct nutrition assessments of the clients. Which one of the following is not considered a technique used in conducting a nutrition assessment?

Which of the following the preferred method to be used for those individuals who cannot stand?

Nutrition assessment is a constant and evolving process.

The purpose of a broad community nutrition assessment is to not reveal the important nutrition-related needs in the community together with finding opportunities for interception.

Community needs assessment studies are not an effective way to find out what people are thinking and how they feel.

By conducting community needs assessments, a dietitian allows community groups to:

Community needs assessment studies allow community groups or sponsoring agencies to disregard community attitudes and opinions involving specific nutrition, health, and other issues.

Public health nutrition was developed in the United States in response to societal events and changes; list five of these events.

In the Delta Nutrition Intervention Research Initiative, several strategies were utilized to assess rural communities regarding nutrition and health problems. What were the most important findings?

A nutritionist screening individuals who are at risk for poor nutritional status, such as low hemoglobin levels, will yield:

Name three types of generally used biochemical nutrition indicators in community and public health settings, and list at least three likely public health problems that may be associated with the nutrition indicators.

An outpatient dietitian such as Debbie counsels clients after they have left the hospital. If Debbie wants to obtain her clients' food intake patterns, she may use all of the following tools except:

Jeff is a dietitian and is going to perform several clinical/physical observations on his client. These will include observations such as:

A community nutritionist needs to collect data on food intake from clients. Which of the following would he use to obtain an estimate of typical food intakes of a small number of people?

Which of the following would the nutritionist use if quantified intake was very important?

Which of the following describes how a community nutritionist conducting a needs assessment may use the nine-step framework?

By conducting community needs assessments, a dietitian allows community groups to:

After Mary collected and analyzed the dietary intake of her clients, she compared the results using:

In the late 60s and early 70s, the TSNS and NHANES discovered that population groups that were at nutritional risk were also deprived:

In the Delta Nutrition Intervention Research Initiative, several strategies were utilized to assess rural communities regarding nutrition and health problems. What were the most important findings?