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

As a strategy to help prevent childhood obesity, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that children be limited to _____ of television and video time per day.

A good way for an adolescent to build and protect her bones is to:

Which of the following statements regarding teenagers and beverages is false?

A child who drinks a lot of milk and won't consume much else is likely to show signs of:

When a food protein enters the body and evokes an immunologic response, this causes:

Research studies conducted on preschool children's food intakes have shown that:

All of the following factors undermine the efforts of the National School Lunch Program to serve nutritious foods at school except:

An acceptable cholesterol level for a child or adolescent is:

A child's appetite begins to diminish around the first birthday.

Children should not be allowed to eat while running because:

According to the USDA Food Patterns, how many cups of milk or milk products are needed daily for a child on a 1000-kcal diet?

Children are more likely to eat vegetables when they are:

Persistent high blood cholesterol levels may need to be treated with drugs in children once they are _____ years old.

Describe the relationship between hunger and school performance.

Martha asks for advice on getting her "picky" child Bob to eat.You suggest:

Identify ways in which excessive "screen time" adversely affects children's nutritional health.

The most significant effects of long-term hunger on children include:

Teenage boys experience a more intense growth spurt and develop more lean body mass than girls do.

The nurse practitioner suggests that Bobby begin taking an over-the-counter children's multivitamin-mineral supplement.The multivitamin-mineral supplement provides 10 $\mu$ g (100% Daily Value) of vitamin D.How many 8-oz.glasses of milk, each supplying 2.5 $\mu$ g of vitamin D, will Bobby need to consume daily?

How many ounces of protein foods are needed daily to meet nutrient needs for a child who needs 1000 kcal/day?