WGU C787 Nutrition Exam What policy changes were made to recommendations to prevent chronic diet related diseases? - ✔RDAs were expanded into several DRI Categories RDA - ✔Recommended Daily Allowances- a healthy diet has nutrients nearing this amount DRI - ✔Dietary Reference Intakes Serving Size - ✔Always found on a nutrition label AMDR (macronutrients) - ✔Carbs, fats, proteins, minerals, vitamins, and H2O Acceptable Macronutrient Daily Range Carbohydrates - ✔45-65% of daily calories Protein - ✔10-35% of daily calories Fat - ✔20-35% of daily calories Tolerable Upper Intake Level - ✔highest level of daily consumption that data shows cause no harm, ensures people don't take too much How is the estimated average requirement used (EAR)? - ✔Guides recommendations and menu planning for communities How much of the "My Plate" is fruits and Vegetables? - ✔1/2 the plate What is the biggest nutritional benefit of fruits and veg? - ✔Decreased risk of cancer What vitamin can not be found in fruits and veg? - ✔B12 How many servings of fruits and veg should you eat a day? - ✔9 True/false does skim milk have the same amount of Ca and Protein as full fat? - ✔True DRI for whole grains - ✔1/2 of all grain consumed should be whole grains DRI for trans fat and sugar? - ✔none DRI for protein? - ✔60gm/day (0.8gm/kg)
Which carbohydrate causes you to get hungry faster? - ✔High glycemic index carbohydrates Foods that are high in iron? - ✔Dark leafy vegetables, legumes, red meat, and nutes Healthy LDL level - ✔<120 Limit cholesterol to - ✔<30 Saturated fat - ✔<7% of total daily calories Na level to decrease heart disease? - ✔<1600mg/day What type of fiber reduces the risk of heart disease? - ✔insoluble fiber Obese BMI - ✔>30 Overweight BMI - ✔>25 Morbid Obese BMI - ✔>40 BMI formula - ✔Weight in lbs/(heigh (in)^2...all x703 Underweight BMI - ✔<20 Osteoporosis - ✔weak bones, low BMI Osteoarthritis - ✔Ligament strain, high BMI What is the genetic influence of body weight? - ✔Parent predict children raised or not How much weight loss helps cardiovascular health? - ✔>10% How much water helps with weight loss - ✔48oz Physical activity - ✔30min/day What is a legal supplement body builders take to increase muscle mass and nitrogen retention? - ✔Protein powder What are anthropometrics? - ✔Body measurements
Physical activity energy formula - ✔Total energy expenditure/ basal met rate Breast Milk - ✔Breast milk contains immune factors Why is juice not recommended for infants? - ✔dental decay, lacks fiber, high calories What behavior may increase risk for dental cavities in infants? - ✔Sharing utensils (bacteria) How does CDC define overweight children? - ✔BMI for age over 85th percentile Adolescent girl RDI for Ca - ✔130%DV What nutrient do young adolescents have a need for? - ✔Thiamine Why do elderly have dietary inadequacy? - ✔Gastrointestinal Physiology changes What are benefits of pre/probiotics in elderly? - ✔Control of IBS, increase bone density, immune system, decrease cholesterol Ergogenic Aid - ✔Athletic performance Galactagog - ✔Milk production Nootropic - ✔Cognition Food Insecurity - ✔A limited ability to acquire nutritionally adequate food in socially acceptable ways What is true about food waste and overpopulation? - ✔Contributing factors for global hunger What does economic research service do? - ✔Assist in providing research and analysis on food security issues in developing countries Food deserts are often characterized by lack of? - ✔availability and accessibility Financial limitations to adequate nutrition are a main focus of what diagnostic tool? ✔Food security survey module What is an appropriate use of child food security survey? - ✔determine if a child is experiencing hunger at home
What does household food security status refer to? - ✔An outcome measurement to examine the publics ability to secure food What is a term that means all people have access, at all times, to sufficient food for an active healthy lifestyle? - ✔Food security What is true about the food security module? - ✔Is measures sufficiency of food and very low food security requires intervention Low food security is characterized by: - ✔reduced quality, variability, and desirability What was one effect of the national nutrition monitoring and related research act of 1990 - ✔Development of standardized questionnaires for measuring household food security status Who worries about pesticides? - ✔EPA Can water be organic? - ✔No Uneasy or painful sensation caused by lack of food? - ✔hunger What does the SNAP supplemental nutrition assistance program do? - ✔Help low income families afford food (all 50 states) What program teaches older adults how to shop/plan and prepare meals and avoid HTN - ✔Elderly nutrition program What is one way that programs seek to provide socialization for elderly? - ✔Group setting meals Special supplementary nutrition program for WIC - ✔Women, infants and children medical and dietary What is food poisoning? - ✔Either primary infection by a microbe or a production of toxins by microbes What is true about botulism? - ✔Thought to be most lethal bioterrorism agent Which infection are disseminated by ingestion? (Fecal/oral) - ✔Shingellosis, Cholera What is food systems security? - ✔A system that focus on locating the source of a bioterrorism incident and notifying affected facilities
What foods have common sources of food contamination? - ✔Fresh, wet and grown near the ground and milk Home cooking things to avoid: - ✔Not washing veg, undercooked meat, defrosting on the counter, raw veg not cleaned Campylobacter - ✔undercooked poultry E. Coli - ✔Fecal Matter Mycotoxins - ✔Fungus/ molds Glycoalkaloids - ✔exposed to light Ciguatoxin - ✔fish (grouper)-airway Monosodium Gluconate - ✔MSG, flavors (Chest pain) Enteritis Diarrhea is caused by? - ✔E. Coli and salmonella Why should pregnant women eat only pasteurized cheese? - ✔Listeria- spontaneous abortion and congenital defects What milk can be stored at room temp? - ✔Ultra pasteurized How long to boil contaminated drinking water? - ✔at least 5 minutes is irradiated food radioactive? - ✔No Should you avoid dented cans? - ✔Yes How long from buying chicken should you freeze or eat? - ✔2 days What is a term for a chemical that increases obesity? - ✔Obesogen What does the USDA organic seal indicate? - ✔100% organic, not genetically engineered and no fungicides or insecticides What does "made with organic ingredients" mean? - ✔70% organic Pregnancy weight gain - ✔1st-none 2nd- 340cal/day 3rd- 450cal/day
Increase in protein DRI for pregnancy - ✔25gm/day increase throughout all trimesters How long to breast feed? - ✔6-12 months Rickets - ✔Vitamin D deficiency Estimated Average Requirement - ✔Dietary Reference Intake (DRI) value provides information to assist in developing recommendations for populations Adequate intake for protein in Infants - ✔Has not been established for infants 7-12 months DASH - ✔Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension How much weight loss effectively decreases risk for medical complications? - ✔>10% Worst Fat - ✔Trans Fat Rheumatoid arthritis - ✔Autoimmune, not related to diet Fiber and type 2 diabetes - ✔Delays glucose absorption time Which nutrient needs to be supplied in a bioavailable form for an individual on a vegetarian diet? - ✔Calcium A patient presents to the emergency room with symptoms progressing from nausea to oral paresthesia to respiratory distress. The nurse learns that the patient ate grouper fish four hours earlier. - ✔Ciguatoxin According to the United States Households by Food Security Status, part of the population was classified as having reduced quality, variety, or desirability of diet. ✔Low food security Which outcome measure is used to provide insight into the public's ability to secure adequate food? - ✔Household food security status Which two federally funded entitlement programs are available in every U.S. community for those who meet income eligibility criteria? - ✔SNAP and Child Nutrition Programs