Exam 4: National Dietary and Nutrition Surveys

Prior to passage of the National Nutrition Monitoring & Related Research Act of 1990, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services had not been involved in the nutritional monitoring of the U.S. population.

The Economic Research Service is a department within the

Beginning in 1999, the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey became a __________, annual survey rather than one conducted periodically.

The major reason for the National Nutritional Monitoring and Related Research Program was to establish programs at the federal level for monitoring the nutritional status of the U.S. population.

The purpose of the USDA's Supplemental Children's Survey is to gather the necessary data for updating the CDC's pediatric growth charts.

Which one of the following statements is True? The National Health Examination Survey

The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System uses an interview conducted by __________ to collect data.

Unless adjusted for losses, food availability data tend to _________ actual food and nutrient consumption.

"Health: United States," published annually by the National Center for Health Statistics, is an example of the type of publication mandated by the National Nutritional Monitoring and Related Research Program, which requires timely dissemination of data on the dietary, nutritional, and health related status of the U.S. population.

Consider self-reported data on height and weight obtained using telephone interviews. Which one of following statements is True?

Food and nutrient intake data collected by the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey are referred to as __________.

A research arm of Congress that audits government programs and highlights areas of waste and fraud is the

Food availability data tend to _________ actual food and nutrient consumption unless they are adjusted for losses.

Estimates of the prevalence of overweight and obesity in the United States based on data collected by the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System are likely to __________ the True prevalence of overweight and obesity in the U.S.

Which one of the following is responsible for measuring food security in the United States?

The earliest efforts at nutritional monitoring in the United States were carried out by the

Which one of the following is responsible for conducting the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System?

In the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, anthropometric measurements and physical examinations are performed by trained staff members in specially designed and equipped __________ examination centers.

Annual per capita availability of which one of the following beverages is greatest?

Per capita food __________ is calculated by dividing the total amount of food available for consumption by the total number of people in the U.S. population.