Basic Nutrition Exam 4 Review

Before you prepare food or after you use the bathroom, wash your hands with hot soapy water for at least _______ seconds to cleanse them thoroughly.

20

Elsa is due to give birth to a boy in June. Before she became pregnant, Elsa weighed 195 pounds, which was in the obese BMI range. She should gain no more than ______ pounds during her pregnancy.

20

Valerie is a healthy young woman whose Estimated Energy Requirement is 2150 kcal/day. Based on this information, she should consume ______ /day during her first trimester of pregnancy.

2150 kcal

Alexis weighs 6.5 pounds at birth. Assuming her development proceeds normally, she should weigh about _____ pounds by her first birthday.

23.4

James and his four relatives live in New Orleans, Lousiana. For gim and his family to survive a major hurricane, James wants to store enough clean water to last about 5 days. Based on this information, he should store at least _____ gallons of bottled and sealed water.

25

Ashley is due to give birth to a girl in March. Before she became pregnant, Ashley weighed 125 pounds and was in the healthy BMI range for her height. Based on this information, her physician will recommend that she gain ______ pounds during her pregnancy.

25 to 35

Most infants are physically ready to start eading solid foods when they are _____.

4-6 months old

To precent or slow the growth of food-borne pathogens, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of Agriculture recommend keeping foods colder than ____ F or warmer than ______ F.

40, 140

Which of the following substances is in breast milk but not in infant formulas?

Antibodies

Felicia wants to follow the "Check Your Steps" rules for food safety. When she prepares high-risk foods, she avoids cross contamination, cooks raw foods to their safe internal temperatures, and chills leftovers within 30 minutes after serving them. After eating one of her meals, Felicia and her dinner guests developed a food-borne illness. Based on this information, which step did she fail to take?

Clean

Deon wants to follow the "Check Your Steps" rules for food safety. When he prepares high-risk foods, he washes his hands before and after touching the food, sanitizes surfaces that come in contact with all foods, avoids cross contamination, serves raw or barely-cooked meats, and refrigerates leftovers within 30 minutes after serving them. After heating one of his meals, Deon and his dinner guests developed a food-borne illness. Based on this information, which step did he fail to take?

Cook

BJ wants to follow the "Check Your Steps" rules for food safety. When he prepares high-risk foods, he washes his hands before and after touching the food; sanitizes surfaces that come in contact with all foods; avoids cross contamination; cooks meats to their proper internal temperatures; and after meals, he keeps serving dishes with cooked food on the table, so his guests can nibble on the items. After eating one of his meals, he and his dinner guests developed a food-borne illness. Based on this information, which step did he fail to take? You answered: Separate

Correct answer: Chill

Denisha is 15 years of age. Her BMI-for0age is in the 87th percentile. Based on this information, Denisha is _____. You answered: Healthy

Correct answer: Overweight

Which of the following statements is true? You answered: In the US., most fruits, vegetables, mushrooms, and processed meats undergo irradiation to preserve them.

Correct answer: Pregnant women, very young children, and people who have weakened immune systems have high risk of food-borne illness

Anna enjoys grilling hamburgers, but she wants to reduce the chances that her food preparation practices result in food-borne illness. Which of the following steps should she avoid? You answered: Sanitizing the plate that she used to carry the raw hamburgers to the grill before using it again.

Correct answer: Thawing the frozen, raw ground meat on the kitchen counter

According to the Food Additives Amendment of 1958, ______. You answered: the Delaney Clause was unconstitutional

Correct answer: an additive that was in use and deemed safe prior to 1958 was placed on the GRAS list

Jillian is traveling to a small town in some rural area. To avoid traveler's diarrhea, Jillian should _______. You answered: add fluorine drops to drinking water

Correct answer: not drink fresh water

The ____ prohibits food manufacturers from adding a new compound to food that causes cancer.

Delaney Clause of the Food Additives Amendment

Which of the following food preservation methods draws water from cells, reducing the likelihood many pathogens can survive?

Drying

Which of the following conditions is a major cause of pregnancy-related deaths throughout the world?

Eclampsia

Which of the following U.S. government agencies oversees the quality of drinking water?

Environmental Protection Agency

_____ is a direct (intentional) food additive.

FD&C Red No. 40

Which of the following US government agenices regulates all domestic and imported food sold in interstate commerce?

Food and Drug Administration

_______ is a physiological change associated with aging.

Hardening of the arteries

Which of the following statements is true?

Human milk naturally contains antibodies and other unique immune system factors that are not in infant formulas

Which of the following food preservation methods treats the food with a high amount of energy that destroys the genetic material of pathogens?

Irradiating

______ is a common condition that occurs in healthy pregnant women.

Physiological anemia

Some women crave non-food items during pregnancy. This behavior is called _____.

Pica

_______ stimulates milk production by certain cells in the breast.

Prolactin

Jermaine wants to follow the "Check Your Steps" rules for food safety. When he prepares high-risk foods, he washes his hands before and after touching food, sanitizes surfaces that come in contact with foods, cooks raw foods to their safe internal temperatures, and chills leftovers within 30 minutes after serving them. After eating one of his meals, Jermaine and his dinner guests developed a food-borne illness. Based on this information, which step did he fail to take?

Separate

Which of the following foods is often recommended as a firstfood for infants?

Soft, cooked cereal

Which of the following statments is true?

The major life stages for male human beings include the prental period, infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and "older adults" period.

_______ is a type of parasitic worm that can be transferred to humans who eat raw or undercooked pork, bear, or seal meat.

Trichinella

Pathogens ________.

are disease-causing agents

Darius is a 24-year-old graduate student who is healthy, but he's concerned about his future health. His middle-age parents recently developed hypertension, and Darius would like to stay healthy for as long as possible. To achieve this long-term health-related objective, Darius should ______.

avoid using tobacco products

Home-canned low-acid foods, such as beans and corn, may be contaminated with Clostrifium botulinum, a bacterium that produces a dangerous toxin. To destroy the toxin, the food should be ______.

boiled for 10 minutes before tasting or cooking

Registered dietitian nutritionists recommend feeding healthy babies _______.

breat milk until they are about 6 months of age

During the first few days after giving birth, the new mother's breasts produce _____.

colostrum

Corrina is a 25-year-old pregnant woman. Her need for _____ is 50% higher than before she became pregnant.

folate

Pregnant women generally need to take a dietary supplement that contains _____.

folic acid

To encourage healthy eating practices among children, caregivers should ______.

have youngsters help select and prepare new foods

Pregnant women who develop gestational diabetes are more likely to give birth to _____ infants than pregnant women who do not have this condition.

high-birth-weight

Major nutrition-related concerns of adolescents include ______ intakes.

low calcium

Reyna is a healhy 27-year-old pregnant woman. She is experiencing ______, a common nutrition-related condition that occurs in many healthy pregnant women.

minor edema of the hands and feet

Grace recently took a cruise onboard a luxury liner. A few days into her vacation, she developed signs of ____ infection, the most common food-borne illness in the United States.

norovirus

Lanelle is 5 months pregnant. Recently, she gained several pounds rapidly, and as a result, her face is "puffy" and her hands are swollen. Her physician is very concerned because Lanelle's blood pressure has risen to a dangerous level. Based on this information, Lanelle probably has ______.

preeclampsia

In the US, the diets of many school-age children supply too much

sodium

Maragret is 87 years of age. Compared to when she was 27 years of age, her _______ now.

stomach secretes less intrinsic factor

After a disaster, it is safe to drink the water from ______.

undamaged water heaters

Julio invited some friends to his apartment to share his "special recipe" chicken dinner. In addition to making the chicken, Julio prepared a salad of fresh leafy greens and pie made with eggs and milk for dessert. Julio and his dinner guests are likely to experience food-borne illness if he ________.

wipes the knife used to cut up the raw chicken on a HAND TOWEL before using the knife to cut up the vegetables