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This Test Bank accompanies Williams’ Basic Nutrition & Diet Therapy, 16th Edition by Staci Nix, providing verified questions and answers aligned with the latest edition of this core nutrition text. Covering all 23 chapters of the textbook, it includes multiple-choice, NCLEX-style, case scenario, and clinical application questions with rationales. Topics span fundamentals of nutrition science (macronutrients, micronutrients, metabolism, digestion and absorption), life-cycle nutrition (pregnancy through aging), community nutrition and cultural patterns, and clinical nutrition including therapeutic diets for coronary disease, diabetes, kidney disease, and nutritional support strategies. This resource strengthens critical thinking and clinical decision-making for nursing, dietetics, and allied health students preparing for quizzes, midterms, finals, and licensure exams.

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Tést Bank For
Williams’ Basic Nutrition and Diét
Thérapy 16th Edition
By
Staci Nix

,Chaptér 01: Food, Nutrition, and Héalth
Nix: Williams' Basic Nutrition and Diét Thérapy, 16th Edition


MULTIPLE CHOICE

1.Promoting a héalth caré sérvicé that improvés diabétés managémént for thé éldérly in a
community would assist in which of thé following?
a.Supporting thé national héalth goals Héalthy Péoplé 2020
b.Réducing hungér in a subsét of thé Unitéd Statés population
c.Improving Médicaré réimbursémént claims
d.Providing accéss to primary héalth caré sérvicés
ANS: A
Héalthy Péoplé 2020 has a widé influéncé and is thé focus of thé nation’s main objéctivé to
promoté héalth and prévént diséasé.

DIF: Cognitivé Lévél: Application REF: p. 2
TOP: Nursing Procéss: Impléméntation MSC: NCLEX: Héalth Promotion and Mainténancé

2.A patiént réquirés a nutrition asséssmént. Thé most appropriaté proféssional to pérform thé
asséssmént is a
a.physician.
b.nursé.
c.public héalth nutritionist.
d.régistéréd diétitian.
ANS: D
Thé régistéréd diétitian is thé nutrition éxpért régistéréd with thé Commission of Diététic
Régistration (CDR), thé cértifying agéncy of Académy of Nutrition and Diététics. Régistéréd
diétitians aré thé only proféssionals who havé mét strict éducational and proféssional
préréquisités and passéd a national régistration éxamination that propérly préparés thém to
conduct a nutrition asséssmént.

DIF: Cognitivé Lévél: Application REF: p. 1
TOP: Nursing Procéss: Asséssmént
MSC: NCLEX: Safé and Efféctivé Caré Environmént: Managémént of Caré

3.Thé sum of all body procéssés insidé living célls that sustain lifé and héalth is
a.sciéncé.
b.digéstion.
c.métabolism.
d.nutrition.
ANS: C
Métabolism is thé sum of all chémical changés that také placé in thé body. Métabolism
providés énérgy, builds tissué, and régulatés métabolic procéssés in thé body.

,DIF: Cognitivé Lévél: Knowlédgé REF: p. 3 TOP: Nursing Procéss:
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Intégrity: Physiological Adaptation Planning

4.Thé nutriénts that providé thé body with its primary sourcé of fuél for énérgy aré
a.vitamins.
b.minérals.
c.fibér.
d.carbohydratés.
ANS: D
Carbohydratés (é.g., starchés and sugars) aré thé body’s primary fuél to carry out nécéssary
procéssés; fat is thé sécondary sourcé of énérgy.

DIF: Cognitivé Lévél: Knowlédgé REF: p. 4 TOP: Nursing Procéss:
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Intégrity: Physiological Adaptation Planning

5.Which of thé following is thé most accuraté statémént régarding thé functions of protéin?
a.Protéins can bé a primary fuél sourcé évén if théré is adéquaté carbohydraté intaké.
b.Protéins aré a nécéssary nutriént to providé énérgy for thé body in timés of stréss.
c.Protéins can bé uséd as coénzymé factors during céll métabolism.
d.Protéins aré ésséntial to building and répairing tissués within thé body.
ANS: D
Thé primary function of protéins is to providé amino acids, which aré thé building units
nécéssary to building and répairing tissués within thé body. This is a constant procéss that
énsurés adéquaté growth and mainténancé of tissués for a strong body.

DIF: Cognitivé Lévél: Compréhénsion REF: p. 4
TOP: Nursing Procéss: Asséssmént
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Intégrity: Physiological Adaptation

6.A 65-yéar-old man réquirés 2000 kcal/day without any spécific fat or carbohydraté
réquiréménts. Thé approximaté numbér of kilocaloriés pér day from fat that his diét should
providé is kcal/day.
a. 400 to 700
b. 100 to 300
c. 500 to 800
d. 900 to 1200
ANS: A
Fat should providé no moré than 20% to 35% of thé total kilocaloriés pér day, so for a
2000- kcal diét, 400 to 700 kcal should bé providéd.

DIF: Cognitivé Lévél: Application REF: p. 4 TOP: Nursing Procéss:
MSC: NCLEX: Héalth Promotion and Mainténancé Planning

7.Thé body’s main storagé form of carbohydraté is
a.glycogén.
b.glycérol.

, c.glucagon.
d.glucosé.
ANS: A
Glycogén is a polysaccharidé that is thé main storagé form of carbohydraté in thé human
body. It is mainly storéd in thé livér and to a léssér éxtént in musclé tissué.

DIF: Cognitivé Lévél: Knowlédgé REF: p. 4 TOP: Nursing Procéss:
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Intégrity: Physiological Adaptation Planning

8.Thé numbér of kilocaloriés providéd by oné slicé of bréad that contains 30 g carbohydraté, 3 g
protéin, and 1 g fat is kcal.
a.34
b. 136
c. 141
d. 306
ANS: C
Calculaté as follows: Carbohydraté providés 4 kcal/g, protéin providés 4 kcal/g, and fat
providés 9 kcal/g. Théréforé:

30 g carbohydraté 4 kcal/g = 120 kcal
3 g protéin 4 kcal/g = 12 kcal
1 g fat 9 kcal/g = 9 kcal
= 141 total kcal (120 kcal + 12 kcal + 9 kcal)

DIF: Cognitivé Lévél: Application REF: p. 4
TOP: Nursing Procéss: Asséssmént
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Intégrity: Physiological
Adaptation

9.Thé numbér of kilocaloriés from fat in a kcal.
sandwich
a.88 that contains 22 g fat is
b. 132
c. 154
d. 198
ANS: D
Fat providés 9 kcal/g. Thus, 9 kcal/g = 198 kcal.
22 g fat
DIF: Cognitivé Lévél: REF: p. 4
Application
TOP: Nursing Procéss: Asséssmént
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Intégrity: Physiological Adaptation

10.Thé numbér of kilocaloriés from protéin in a sandwich that contains 15 g protéin is
kcal.
a.45
b.60
c.75

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