Applied Nutrition
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Course Introduction
Applied Nutrition focuses on the practical application of nutritional science to promote health, prevent disease, and improve well-being across diverse populations. The course covers fundamental principles of human nutrition, nutrient functions, dietary assessment, and meal planning, while emphasizing the translation of scientific knowledge into effective dietary strategies. Students explore topics such as nutritional needs throughout the life cycle, the role of nutrition in chronic disease management, and public health nutrition interventions. Through case studies and real-world scenarios, learners develop skills in evaluating dietary habits, designing nutrition programs, and making evidence-based recommendations for individuals and communities.
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Community Nutrition in Action An Entrepreneurial Approach 6th Edition by Marie A. Boyle
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Chapter 1: Opportunities in Community Nutrition
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Q1) Which of the following is not a role or responsibility of a community nutritionist?
A) Collaborate in basic science research
B) Develop and implement community-based food and nutrition programs
C) Participate in screening activities, such as measuring cholesterol levels
D) All are roles or responsibilities
Answer: A
Q2) List the four goals of Healthy People 2020.
Answer: The four goals of Healthy People 2020 are as follows:
Goal 1:Attain high-quality,longer lives free of preventable disease,disability,injury,and premature death.
Goal 2:Achieve healthy equity,eliminate disparities,and improve the health of all groups.
Goal 3:Create social and physical environments that promote good health for all.
Goal 4:Promote healthy development and healthy behaviors across every stage of life.
Q3) An entrepreneur is someone who undertakes the risk of a business venture.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Assessing Community Resources
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Q1) Which of the following are not demographic type data?
A) Age, gender
B) Age, socioeconomic status
C) Marital status, living arrangements
D) All of these are demographic data.
Answer: D
Q2) Which of the following results from a community needs assessment should be given highest priority for intervention?
A) Fetal alcohol syndrome prevention, which is promoted well by the local YMCA.
B) Iron-deficiency anemia, which is on the decline in your target population.
C) Obesity, which affects 80% of your target population.
D) All of these should be a number 1 priority.
Answer: C
Q3) The infant mortality rate in the U.S.has _____ over the past decades.
A) decreased steadily
B) increased slightly
C) remained unchanged
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Assessing the Target Populations ?Nutritional
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Q1) If a focus group were to be utilized,what questions might be asked?
Answer: A variety of questions could be asked.The questions would need to be open-ended and written to stimulate conversation.Sample questions might include: What are some of the services offered by the AHA that you have used in the past 6 months?
Of the services used,which ones did you find most helpful? Of the services used,which ones did you find least helpful? What services would you like to see offered?
Q2) As a WIC nutritionist seeking to evaluate the nutrition status of children whose mothers are participating in the WIC program,list three nutrition status indicators you might include in your evaluation.
Answer: -Hemoglobin and hematocrit levels to assess iron stores.
-Serum albumin levels to assess protein stores.
-Food intake to assess appropriateness for age.
-Growth as plotted on growth charts by age and gender.
Q3) Validity refers to the repeatability or precision of an instrument.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Program Planning for Success
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Q1) The _____ provides the foundation for linking the components of nutrition assessment,intervention,and monitoring and evaluation.
A) nutrition diagnosis statement
B) nutrition intervention strategy
C) standardized language
D) PES statement
Q2) When a community needs assessment identifies a gap in services,a new program might be developed to fill the gap.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Measurable activities surrounding the budget,staffing patterns,and management systems are referred to as _____ objectives.
A) outcome
B) indirect
C) structure
D) process
Q4) Describe three levels of community intervention and provide an example of each.
Q5) Write a structure and a process objective.
Q6) List the seven steps of program planning in order.
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Chapter 5: Principles of Epidemiology
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Q1) List 8 different risk factors of heart disease,noting which are risk factors that can be controlled.
Q2) Define confounding factors.List three possible confounding factors in an epidemiological study.
Q3) A randomized trial conducted as a double-blind experiment is the most rigorous evaluation of a dietary hypothesis.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The diet history method of estimating dietary intake
A) is often considered the best method of assessing dietary intake.
B) uses a questionnaire including all important population-specific food sources of the nutrients under investigation.
C) requires the subject to make judgments about their usual food habits.
D) may not give an adequate picture of a specific individual's usual intake.
Q5) In epidemiological studies,when should the hypotheses be formulated?
A) After the experimental research data have been collected
B) Retrospectively
C) After the experimental research data have been analyzed
D) At the outset of the study
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Chapter 6: The Art and Science of Policy Making
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Q1) What is a political action committee (PAC)? Describe the purpose of PACs.
Q2) Identify three methods that you would consider using when communicating with one of your elected officials.Why did you choose these?
Q3) What two agencies sanction most nutrition programs at the federal level?
A) USDA and FDA
B) DHHS and USDA
C) DHHS and NIH
D) NIH and FDA
Q4) In the grassroots pyramid,there are more power players than fence sitters.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The federal fiscal year runs from
A) January 1 to December 31.
B) July 1 to June 30.
C) September 1 to August 31.
D) October 1 to September 30.
Q6) What are some possible solutions to the problem? What phase of the policy-making process is this?
Q7) Who might be interested in partnering in the public policy initiative?
Q8) Describe the policy-making process.
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Chapter 7: A National Nutrition Agenda for the Publics
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Q1) What are the five areas of the NNMRRP surveys? Provide an example of their interrelatedness.
Q2) Develop an outline of what information you would present.
Q3) List the five key components of the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Program.
Q4) In 2000,the NHANES and CSFII merged into a single,more cost-effective survey.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Nongovernment,nonprofit health organizations issue dietary recommendations. A)True
B)False
Q6) The current edition of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans has _____ key recommendations that are grouped into _____ general topics.
A) 23, 18
B) 41, 23
C) 41, 18
D) 29, 4
Q7) Discuss the history of the food and nutrition consumption surveys.
Q8) Does the United States have a national nutrition policy? Justify your answer. Page 9
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Chapter 8: Addressing the Obesity Epidemic: An Issue for Public Health Policy
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Q1) Which of the following would be an environmental strategy for a worksite weight-loss program?
A) An educational dietary intervention
B) A seminar about personal goal setting
C) Encouraging physical activity
D) Organizational practices which change the physical environment
Q2) Recent research indicates that breastfed babies are _____ likely to be overweight as compared with formula-fed babies.
A) more
B) less C) equally
Q3) Obesity in children is defined as having a BMI
A) below the 50 percentile on the CDC growth chart.
B) between the 85 and 95 percentile on the CDC growth chart.
C) at or above the 95 percentile on the CDC growth chart.
D) BMI is not used to define obesity in children.
Q4) Differentiate between the two major surveys used to obtain data on overweight and obesity.
Q5) Discuss the social ramifications of obesity and overweight for children.
Q6) Discuss the postulated relationship between sleep duration and obesity. Page 11
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Chapter 9: Health Care Systems and Policy
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Q1) A major contributor to health care expenditures in the U.S.is the administrative cost of the insurance process itself.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Medicaid provides assistance with medical care for all of the following except
A) eligible persons with low incomes.
B) certain pregnant women and children with low incomes.
C) older adults with average middle-class incomes.
D) blind persons.
Q3) You have been asked to present arguments in favor of reimbursable nutrition services to an HMO benefits coordinator.What benefits of nutrition intervention would you highlight in your discussion?
Q4) What are some of the major contributors to health care expenditures in the U.S.?
Q5) Health disparities persist among different populations,including racial and ethnic minorities.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Differentiate between traditional systems of health care and managed forms of health care.
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Chapter 10: Food Insecurity and the Food Assistance Programs
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Q1) Meals served under the Older Americans Act Nutrition Program,formerly known as the Elderly Nutrition Program,must provide at least one-third of recommended intakes established by the Food and Nutrition Board.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Describe three of the government's five largest food assistance programs,including eligibility requirements and services provided.
Q3) Describe the demographic and economic circumstances of households receiving SNAP benefits.
Q4) Communicate the current status of food security in the United States.
Q5) Those living below the poverty threshold experience food insecurity and hunger at over 3 times the national average.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Generally,food pantries and soup kitchens are federally funded programs.
A)True
B)False
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Q7) List two other non-public assistance programs that might be appropriate for Sally to consider.
Chapter 11: Mothers and Infants: Nutrition
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Q1) One of your very first infants was diagnosed with failure to thrive.What is this?
Q2) WIC is an entitlement program,and therefore can serve all individuals requesting services.
A)True
B)False
Q3) What are the two primary indicators of an infant's future health status?
A) Mother's weight and age before pregnancy
B) Length of gestation and birthweight of infant
C) Birthweight of the infant and mother's age
D) Type of prenatal care and birthweight of infant
Q4) Failure to thrive is diagnosed in infants who fall below the _____ percentile on the growth chart for weight-for-length.
A) 5
B) 10
C) 15
D) 25
Q5) Explain the relationship of maternal weight gain to infant birthweight.
Q6) What factors contribute to maternal and infant health?
Q7) List six nutritional risks in pregnancy.
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Chapter 12: Children and Adolescents: Nutrition
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Q1) What is an "open site" as defined in the Summer Food Service Program for Children?
Q2) The widespread practice of dieting among adolescent girls places them at risk for undernutrition.
A)True
B)False
Q3) What are three suggestions for building a more healthful school environment?
Q4) What might be some features that you would examine?
Q5) Today,children are most often exposed to lead from A) food containers.
B) gasoline.
C) lead-based paint.
D) tainted water sources.
Q6) As children grown into teens,their diets improve.
A)True
B)False
Q7) Discuss three USDA nutrition assistance programs aimed at improving the health and nutritional status of children,including their purpose,types of assistance offered to clients,and eligibility requirements.
Q8) What role does the Food Distribution Program play in the NSLP? Page 16
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Chapter 13: Healthy Aging: Nutrition
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Q1) The functional assessment component of a nutrition status assessment of the elderly measures
A) liver function.
B) cardiac output.
C) activities of daily living.
D) risk of malnutrition.
Q2) Describe three government-funded community nutrition programs that are intended to provide nutrition assistance to older adults,including their purpose,types of assistance offered to clients,and eligibility requirements.
Q3) Which of the following represent activities of daily living (ADLs)?
A) Bathing, dressing, and food preparation
B) Housekeeping, managing money, and shopping
C) Eating, bathing, and getting out of bed
D) Grooming, dressing, and using the phone
Q4) What is the difference between life expectancy and maximum life span?
Q5) Reduced stomach acidity impairs the absorption of each of the following except A) iron.
B) vitamin B .
C) calcium.
D) magnesium.
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Chapter 14: World Hunger and Food Insecurity: Challenges and Opportunities
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Q1) Oral rehydration therapy is a solution that includes
A) fruit juice.
B) boiled water.
C) salt.
D) a and b
E) b and c
Q2) What is regarded by UNICEF as the single best indicator of children's overall health and well-being?
Q3) Low-income countries have _____ birth rates and _____ death rates.
A) high, low
B) high, high
C) low, high
D) low, low
Q4) We can find ways to reduce our consumption,both individually and as a nation.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Discuss the reasons why women are more susceptible than men to food insecurity and undernutrition in developing countries.
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Q6) Explain why people in developing countries choose to have many children.
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Chapter 15: Understanding and Achieving Behavior Change
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Q1) Which of the following statements is false regarding the stages of change model?
A) It has five distinct stages of varying degrees of readiness to change.
B) People progress through the changes in a linear fashion.
C) This model can be applied at both the individual and community levels.
D) An individual's stage for a specific behavior can quickly be determined.
Q2) Describe and contrast three of the theories of consumer health behavior.
Q3) The incorporation of behavior change theories in program planning isn't critical to the nutrition care process.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Define motivational interviewing.How is it a useful practice in community nutrition?
Q5) The cognitive-behavioral theory is highly process oriented and goal directed. A)True
B)False
Q6) What is reciprocal determinism?
Q7) In motivational interviewing,the counselor takes the lead in the counseling session with the client answering questions.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 16: Gaining Cultural Competence in Community Nutrition
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Q1) Those in the cultural precompetence phase of the cultural competence continuum believe that everyone,regardless of culture,needs to be treated the same.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Differentiate between visible and invisible diversity.
Q3) It is impolite to ask someone with a culture different from your own what certain non-verbal cues mean.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Based on the Campinha-Bacote model of cultural competency,"health care providers learn to perform culturally sensitive assessments and interventions" is the _____ construct.
A) cultural awareness
B) cultural desire
C) cultural encounters
D) cultural skill
Q5) Differentiate between worldviews and values.Provide a personal example to illustrate the difference.
Q6) Explain the LEARN communication guidelines for health practitioners.
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Chapter 17: Principles of Nutrition Education
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Q1) List and briefly describe the components of a well-developed lesson plan.
Q2) To design an effective nutrition message you would
A) use language that is immediate.
B) use demonstratives such as "this" and "these."
C) use qualifiers such as "perhaps" or "may."
D) a and b
E) b and c
Q3) List three provisions that will enhance learner-centered educational experiences for adults.
Q4) All nutrition professionals have extensive training in educating individuals.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Which of the following statements regarding effective writing is false?
A) You write for different purposes: to educate, to inform, or to persuade.
B) Practice makes perfect.
C) Your first draft could be an effective final draft.
D) You need to write to an intended audience.
Q6) When writing effectively,you need to eliminate clutter and jargon.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 18: Marketing Nutrition and Health Promotion
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Q1) _____ segmentation is based on criteria such as personal values,attitudes,opinions,and level of readiness for change.
A) Behavioristic
B) Demographic
C) Social
D) Psychographic
Q2) The term "product" can refer to a nutrition education program or service.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following is not one of the four universal elements of marketing referred to as the marketing mix?
A) Place
B) Product
C) Price
D) Plan
Q4) You are a community nutritionist in private practice.Identify your target market and describe an appropriate marketing mix for your chosen audience.
Q5) Consumers can be categorized into three types.What are they? Provide an example for each type.
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Chapter 19: Managing Community Nutrition Programs
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Q1) Strategic plans guide the development of operational plans.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Job descriptions serve as a basis for all of the following except
A) deciding on the span of control.
B) rating and classifying jobs.
C) setting wages and salaries.
D) conducting a performance appraisal.
Q3) An organizational chart is
A) a formal planning document.
B) an informal organizational document.
C) depicted as a web for non-hierarchical organizations.
D) the same for every public health department.
Q4) Which of the following is not a key component of a job description?
A) Job duties
B) Job specifications
C) Immediate supervisor
D) Work hours
Q5) Describe 3 features of a good communicator.
Q6) How would an effective manager handle this issue?
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Chapter 20: Building Grantsmanship Skills
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Q1) The capability section establishes the credibility of the grant seeker and project staff,and the organization's ability to complete the proposed project.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Briefly explain two ideas that you might expand into a full grant proposal.
Q3) What are characteristics of the best collaborators?
Q4) The purpose of the literature review is to help grant seekers to assess the value of an idea and adjust its focus to more clearly describe their goals.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What is meant by the term "chasing" grants? Why do successful grant writers not "chase" grants?
Q6) Describe how one of your ideas is tied to at least one of the four broad goals of Healthy People 2020.
Q7) A Request for Proposals is the same as a Request for Applications.
A)True
B)False
Q8) Describe the most common reasons why grant proposals are not funded.
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