Exam 11: Nutrition Through the Life Span: Childhood and Adolescence

Bobby's hemoglobin and hematocrit come back slightly low.Dietary counseling should include a question to the client regarding pica, such as:

Snacks provide about _____ of the average teenager's total daily food energy intake.

What is the role of the "gatekeeper" as applied to nutrition?

Based on data from the BMI-for-age growth charts, children and adolescents are categorized as overweight when their weight is above the _____ percentile.

The most important risk factor for type 2 diabetes in children is:

Power struggles over food arise when:

Bobby's fatigue is due to iron's role in:

The more often a food is presented to a young child, the less likely the child will like that food.

Children of nonobese parents have less than a 10% chance of becoming an obese adult.

Fatty streaks can appear in the arteries as early as:

Which of the following statements accurately describes the energy needs of a child?

Children who spend more than two hours each day watching television or other media can become obese even while consuming fewer kcalories than more active children.

Among the following, the foods that help most to meet children's iron requirements are:

Which of the following statements about children and television viewing is false?

The Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study (FITS) found that the most commonly consumed vegetable among infants and toddlers was:

Which obese teenager would be considered a candidate for bariatric surgery?

According to the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans, children and adolescents should engage in:

To prevent a child's exposure to lead, you would do all of the following except:

Nutrient deficiencies during childhood:

To prevent iron deficiency, a child needs _____ mg of iron per day.