TEST BANK FOR NUTRITIONAL FOUNDATIONS AND CLINICAL APPLICATIONS 7TH EDITION BY GRODNER

Chapter 02: Personal and Community Nutrition Grodner et al.: Nutritional Foundations and Clinical Applications: A Nursing Approach, 7th Edition MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. A client tells you that he cannot eat most green vegetables because they taste too bitter. What is the most likely explanation? a. He has certain genetic taste markers that make him a “super taster.” b. He associates eating green vegetables with unpleasant childhood memories. c. He needs to train himself to enjoy the acquired taste of bitter vegetables. d. He is making an excuse to avoid making healthful changes in his eating habits. 2. A teenaged client is hungry and goes to the refrigerator for a snack. A holiday has just been celebrated at her home, and many of her favorite foods are available. She selects some slices of roast turkey and a cup of her aunt’s special fruit salad. This is an example of a. bingeing. b. abundance. c. food choice. d. food preference. 3. A mother tells you that she does not allow her young children to eat while they watch television, even though her husband often eats high-fat, sugary foods while they watch television as a family. The most important thing to discuss with her is the a. genetic factor of preference for sweet and salty tastes. b. influence of ethnicity on preference for sour tastes. c. children’s weights when they were born and their weights now. d. environmental effects of parental food choices and television watching.