Exam 19: Nutrition and Health: Assessment, Ethics, Marketing, and Disease Prevention

Amy is pregnant and she is experiencing a condition called gestational diabetes, due to which of the following?

Joyce planned to lose weight, but found out that she is pregnant. However, she continued with her plan to lose about 22 pounds (10kg) anyway. This action may cause the incidence of:

The affective domain of learning includes the way individuals deal with things emotionally, including feelings, values, appreciation, enthusiasm, motivation, and attitude.

Arginine is high in plant protein and seems to lower blood cholesterol, while lysine and methionine (amino acids that are higher in animal proteins) seem to raise plasma cholesterol levels.

Volunteering as a legislative network coordinator or a grassroots liaison are two ways dietitians can become involved in public policy.

Which of the following is a federally funded program that provides healthy supplemental foods and nutrition counseling for pregnant women, new mothers, infants, and children up to age 5? The program has an extraordinary record of over 30 years of preventing children's health problems and improving their long-term health, growth, and development.

Which of the following describes a city with a population of more than 10 million?

Clemson University's Extension Program provided a nutrition intervention program to different groups in the community to increase their nutrition knowledge and reduce fat intake. At the end of the program, what percentage of the participants surveyed said that the program increased their nutrition knowledge?

In the Native American culture, direct eye contact is not common.

The National Youth Sports Program is a state program designed to assist low-income children ages 10 to 16.

One of the objectives of Healthy People 2010 is to increase the proportion of children who view television 2 or fewer hours per day from 60% to 75%.

Julie is a dietitian who frequently uses the ABCDs of Nutritional Assessment in Older Persons. These include anthropometric measurements, biochemical parameters, clinical evaluation, and which of the following?

In the United States, health insurance coverage is generally classified as either ___________ (nongovernment) coverage or government-sponsored coverage.

An educator can communicate important health promotion messages quickly to wide and diverse audiences, or to a specific population by developing public service announcements (PSAs) for radio or television. Radio PSAs are usually:

Program evaluation is not the method for determining whether a service was truly needed or whether it was conducted as planned.

The common nutrition problems for children and adolescents with special health care needs do not include altered energy and nutrient needs.

A major benefit of eating foods lower in saturated fat, total fat, and cholesterol is the decreased risk of osteoporosis.

Which of the following often requires the principal investigator to address the recruitment of special populations, including gender and racial/ethnic groups as well as women and children?

Preventive nutrition is the:

Which of the following is a state of being malnourished based on height for age, signifying long-term, cumulative effects of inadequate nutrition and/or poor health conditions?