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

Research studies show that adolescents who diet are more likely to have poor body image and to indulge in fasting, vomiting, taking diet pills, and binge eating.

Kelly is a dietitian and wants to assess her community's needs. She has experience creating and administering questionnaires and wants to use an approach that will include the entire population and that can be easily combined with other systematic needs assessment techniques. Which approach is best suited for this situation?

Welfare reform has created a group called the ______________ people who are employed, but earn low wages that cause food insecurity and homelessness, which affect children as well as adults.

The safest way to supplement the diet is to take a multivitamin and mineral supplement that provides no more than _______ of the Daily Value.

The promotion of nutritional advantages (low-fat, no cholesterol, high-fiber, and calcium-added) and the use of health claims (lowers cholesterol, prevents cancer) can increase sales.

Unstable oxygen compounds found normally during metabolism that can damage cells are called what?

A nutritionist wants to create a wellness program at a high school in his town. He will start by assessing the need for a program. This is known as what type of evaluation?

In the research process, successful collaboration requires the multidisciplinary team to develop a common purpose, communicate to coordinate efforts, and recognize the unique and complementary skills possessed by each team member.

In developing a comprehensive health program, 4 months or less is necessary for the development of a program.

One of Tessy's clients is on a low-phenylalanine (amino acid) diet in order to have a successful pregnancy. The low-phenylalanine diet is due to a condition called:

In the focus of community nutrition, which of the following is defined as any obstacle that might hinder the ability of the community nutritionist, healthcare professional, or their culturally diverse clients to achieve the intended intervention program objectives?

Scientists have identified some genes that cause obesity when they are damaged, but the actual mechanism that predisposes an individual to obesity is not clear.

JoAnn and Andrea are dietitians at the public health department. They were both in the elevator one day when Andrea started discussing problems her client is having. If JoAnna were going to give an ethical response, what would her response be?

Research shows a higher incidence of iron deficiency anemia in low-income children, and that the incidence of heart disease, cancer, hypertension, and obesity increases with:

Type 2 diabetes is associated with children and requires an insulin injection.

In dietetics practice, the community nutritionist is responsible for planning, implementing, and evaluating a specific health promotion program.

Which of the following is not one of the three basic ethical principles?

A Program identifier is a logo, slogan, motto, or tagline that conveys the main concept of the education program.

The Head Start Program is a comprehensive child health development program for children between the ages of 2 and 6.

In nutritional case-control studies, also referred to as retrospective and case-referent studies, persons recently diagnosed with a diet-related disease and a group of persons without the disease (the control) from the same population are interviewed concerning their dietary habits.