Exam 1: Community Nutrition and Public Health

A deficiency caused by an inadequate intake of a nutrient could be prevented by:

A community can also be defined on the basis of a common interest or goal. A nutritionist was asked to identify and design a program for common-interest communities. All of these are examples of common-interest communities except:

A community nutritionist is developing a program to reduce most of today's major public health problems in the United States. Which of the following is the leading cause of death in the United States?

Many government, health, and scientific organizations have provided comprehensive analyses of the relationship between:

In public health, who is seen as the patient?

A low-income elderly woman is being screened for blood cholesterol level by a community nutritionist at a community health center. What level of prevention is the nutritionist using?

The proper format of a PES statement involves what?

Which of the following is not a key virtue of the American Board of Internal Medicine?

In his socioeconomic model, Mackenbach describes the selection process as represented by childhood health, which then determines adulthood health and which of the following?

A community nutritionist is developing a program to address most of Healthy People 2010 Focus Areas, which include which of the following?

A group of dietitians worked hard to change the laws on food safety. This action is an example of:

Secondary intervention includes designing activities:

In promoting health and preventing diseases, community and public health nutritionists must interpret __________scientific information without bias in order to enable the community or clients to make informed decisions.

Which of the following is an important part of planning in which the nutrition intervention is specified and is the community or individualized recommended dietary intake of selected foods or nutrients based on current reference standards and dietary guidelines and the client's or community's health condition and nutrition diagnosis?

The Cooperative Extension System is an agency under the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It provides educational programs that help individuals and families acquire life skills.

What does PES stand for in PES statement?

Medical geneticists working on the Human Genome Project, which was a major international initiative to decipher the 3 billion-unit code of DNA in the 80,000 to 100,000 genes found in humans, have already identified genes associated with many chronic diseases. Factors associated with chronic disease include:

A nutrition strategy that utilizes food and/or nutrient delivery is part of which step of the Nutrition Care Process?

The way individuals learn to assess and modify a situation before acting is called:

Which of the following is a supportive process, characterized by a collaborative counselor-client relationship that sets priorities, establishes goals, and creates individualized action plans that acknowledge and promote responsibility for self- or group care?