Exam 2: Nutrition Toolsstandards and Guidelines

Explain how the methods used in setting the recommended intakes for nutrients are different from those used in setting the recommended energy intake values.

The Daily Values are nutrient standards used to compare the nutrient contents of packaged foods.

When public health officials were determining the amount of folate to add to grain products in the food supply for fortification, they most likely reviewed which of the following values for that particular vitamin for women of child-bearing age?

A major guideline for healthy people is to limit calorie intakes and obtain more and varied selections of _____.

Following the USDA Food Patterns requires:

Which of the following foods is de-emphasized in the USDA Food Patterns?

If a food label states that a food contains eight percent of the Daily Value for dietary fiber, the food would contain _____ grams of dietary fiber per serving.

Your grandfather has been advised by a neighbor to select his foods using the Dietary Guidelines for Americans to help cure his high blood pressure. What advice would you give him?

Amounts of which types of lipids must be listed on food labels?

When comparing the two categories of nutrient standards, the Dietary Reference Intakes and the Daily Values, one difference between the two is:

According to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, the most healthful diet:

In exchange lists, foods are categorized by:

The Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010 focus on specific nutrients, rather than recommended foods to eat.

A 51-year-old sedentary woman still has some discretionary calories available for her evening meal. Her most nutritious choice for that meal would be to:

Compared to people in the West, Asians suffer less frequently from all of the following except:

Which of the following lunches best fits into a meal plan suggesting that a person eat 1 cup vegetables, 2 ounces grains, and 2 ounces protein foods at lunch?