Exam 11: Promoting Health and Preventing Disease in Older Persons

In practice, the Elderly Nutrition Program's 3.1 million elderly participants are receiving an estimated ________ of most required nutrients.

Various assistance programs are available for older people. These include all of the following except:

What does a score of 6 mean using the checklist "Determine Your Nutritional Health?"

Research suggests which of the following diet components contributes to increased longevity?

Nutritionists providing nutrition intervention to older adults with cardiac disease and/or hypertension may focus on stabilizing blood lipid levels and blood pressure while preserving eating pleasure.

Conditions of the elderly that impact nutritional status include all the following except:

Unstable oxygen compounds can be neutralized when they combine with a ____________, which prevents unstable oxygen from interfering with normal cell functions. The body can produce these as enzymes or consume them through food.

Dressing oneself is not an example of an activity for daily living.

All persons over the age of 60 are eligible to receive free meals in the Congregate Meals Program regardless of their income level.

Which of the following are examples of the socioeconomic changes affecting the nutritional status of the elderly?

Good sources of water include which of the following?

Thiamine may help to produce acetylcholine through its participation in the synthesis of acetyl CoA, a precursor to acetylcholine, the neurotransmitter most closely associated with Alzheimer's symptoms.

The average life expectancy at birth has increased from 47 years in 1900 to ______ years in 2014.

Weight loss increases the risk of which of the following for individuals with Alzheimer's?

Under the genetic, environmental, and lifestyle theory, which of the following genetic dispositions is treatable through dietary intervention?

Nutrition assessment is the interpretation of information from dietary, laboratory, anthropometric, and clinical evaluations.

A nutritionist assessing an older person's ability to care for him or herself using the Activities of Daily Living (ADL) will be able to notice the ability to perform the following except:

Which of the following is not a segment of older adults most at risk of hunger?

___________ and _____________ are the leading causes of death for all persons age 65 or older and in all ethnic groups.

The lowest rates of poverty occur among the oldest of the old, minorities, women, persons living alone, and those with disabilities.