Community Nutrition Exam 2

Anne weighs 120 pounds and is 5 feet tall. What is her BMI?

24

What are the twin elements of entrepreneurship?

Creativity and innovation

The cultural competency model developed by Campinha-Bacote for health care professionals includes all of the following EXCEPT:

Cultural blindness

The nutrition education plan involves all of the following components EXCEPT:

Describes the need for personality assessment

Tips to consider when teaching nutrition education to children include which of the following?

Involving the child by asking him/her questions or relating the topic to his/her experience

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) can be characterized by all of the following EXCEPT:

It provides a balanced lunch at school to preschoolers.

Which of the following is a cause of health disparities?

Lack of insurance

Breastfeeding promotion is an example of which type of marketing?

Social Marketing

An approach to health promotion that includes commercial marketing techniques is called:

Social marketing

The tolerable upper limit (UL) means:

The maximum amount of a nutrient that is unlikely to pose any adverse health effects.

Which of the following groups would qualify for the Medicaid program?

certain low-income pregnant women and children

The Nutrition Care Process is:

A process developed by ADA to standardize language and assessment techniques for dietitians to use in practice.

Food security may be defined as :

Access by all people at all times to enough and appropriate food for a healthy life

The Congregate Meals Program for the elderly includes which of the following features?

All

Which of the following groups are likely to experience hunger in the US?

All

"Competitive foods" can be classified as:

All of the above

Examples of the most successful child and adolescent interventions for obesity prevention include which of the following:

All of the above

For an effective intervention in the public health setting, a program needs to have:

All of the above

Functions of cultural values include:

All of the above

In getting to know your target market, it is important to remember that our consumers may include:

All of the above

What characteristics are associated with increased risk of being un-insured in the US?

All of the above

Which environmental factors have been shown to contribute to the obesity epidemic?

All of the above

Which factors are increasing pressure on the healthcare system to change today?

All of the above

Why is it important for community health professionals to gain cultural competence?

All of the above

The dietitian's code of ethics includes: (from ADA)

All of the above.

The goal for an obesity prevention program is to:

Allow participants to maintain a stable body weight that is within an acceptable range and not increase over time

Which of the following is true regarding the RDAs?

B and c - Daily dietary intake level that is sufficient to meet the nutrient requirements of nearly all individuals - Used for assessing dietary intakes of individuals/groups, and planning diets.

The theory of learning/behavior that works on the model that behavior is learned and thus can be modified through practice and restructuring of thought processes is called:

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

A food bank does which of the following?

Collection of surplus commodities from government and industry for use by non profit charities at a nominal cost

Nutrition surveillance, in contrast to a nutrition survey, implies:

Continuous assessment

The following are steps in a marketing plan EXCEPT:

Design a nutrition education message and demonstration

The idea that explains how an idea becomes accepted by a majority of consumers/people which has four components is called:

Diffusion of Innovation Model

The five basic areas monitoring by the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Program include all of the following EXCEPT:

Food engeneering

The cow is considered sacred, beef is never consumed, and pork is often avoided among members of which group?

Hindus

Market segmentation includes the following variables EXCEPT:

Includes all

Recommendations for nutrition educators include all of the following EXCEPT:

Inviting questions at the end of the program.

What is the 2010 Dietary Guidelines recommendation regarding consumption of grains?

Limit the consumption of refined grains, especially those with added solid fat, sugar, and sodium.

LEARN intervention guidelines for negotiating a culturally senstive treatment plan stands for:

Listen, explain , acknowledge, recommend, negotiate

The federal government program with a primary function of paying for the healthcare expenses of the nation's elderly is:

Medicare

Alcohol and beverages containing caffeine may be avoided by members of which group?

Mormons

Children and adolescents with a BMI for age between the 85th to 95% percentiles can be classified as:

Overweight

The Health Belief Model has three components:

Perception of threat to health, expectation of outcomes related to a behavior and self efficacy.

Guidelines to be used by doctors, hospitals, and other health professionals for treating various conditions in order to ensure the most cost-effective care is called:

Practice guidelines

Who may qualify for WIC?

Pregnant women and infants

The main components of a social marketing plan are:

Problem/health issue, target audience, behavior, and strategies for change.

In a client who is in the precontemplation stage of change, all of the following strategies would be important EXCEPT:

Providing an educational, individualized meal plan.

In the Motivational Interviewing counseling approach the four principles include:

RULE: Resist, Understand, Listen, Empower

Which of the following is the highest component of active learning?

Role-playing on the topic

The theory that explains behavior in a way in which behavior, the environment and factors such as an individual's understand interact constantly is called:

Social Cognitive Theory

Adults learn best when:

The subject matter is connected to their experience.

Which survey is responsible for determining the nutrient quality of our food supply and to determine the presence of any contaminants or pesticides?

Total Diet Study

The National Nutrition Monitoring System is operated by which federal agencies?

USDA and DHHS

All of the following are guidelines to designing an effective nutrition and health message EXCEPT:

Using words such as "perhaps" or "maybe"

The term ethnocentric is defined as:

Viewing one's own culture as the best.

Which of the following is a measure that can be used to assess abdominal fat?

Waist circumference

Marketing may be defined as:

a process of creating and exchanging products and services with others to get what people want or need.

All of the following disease conditions have been documented to improve with Medical Nutrition Therapy EXCEPT:

alcoholics reduced in number

Nutrition education may be defined as:

an instructional method that promotes healthy eating habits.

In marketing analysis we often complete a SWOT analysis, an acronym that stands for strengths, weaknesses, ___________ , and threats.

opportunities

Which of the following is NOT included in the marketing mix/strategy?

plan