Lutz's Nutrition Chapter 11 Infancy,
Childhood, and Adolescence Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
goal of Healthy People 2020 -
correct answer ✅reduce infant mortality rate; IMR, to 6.0 per
1,000 live births or less for all racial/ethnic groups
only time humans grow faster than infancy -
correct answer ✅40 wks before being born
infant birth weight 4 to 6 months of age -
correct answer ✅double
infant birth weight 1 yr -
correct answer ✅triple
infancy begins at -
correct answer ✅28 days of life
weight, length, and size of brain -
correct answer ✅infancy growth
,Lutz's Nutrition Chapter 11 Infancy,
Childhood, and Adolescence Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
birth length growth by age 1 -
correct answer ✅10 inches more
rate of growth -
correct answer ✅more significant than absolute values
assessment for infants -
correct answer ✅3 months, 6 months, and 1 yr
breast -
correct answer ✅is best
conception into second yr of life -
correct answer ✅period most critical to brain development
extends from
brain cells increase most rapidly before -
correct answer ✅birth and during first 5 to 6 months after birth
,Lutz's Nutrition Chapter 11 Infancy,
Childhood, and Adolescence Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
optimal nutrition -
correct answer ✅to attain maximum brain growth, the infant
needs
infant learns to -
correct answer ✅trust; parent who responds promptly and
lovingly to infant's cries
failure to thrive; FTT -
correct answer ✅inadequate growth or inability to maintain
growth; most parental issues, sometimes disease processes
physical development in infancy -
correct answer ✅energy and macronutrients
term pregnancy -
correct answer ✅38 to 42 wks
resting metabolic rates of infants -
correct answer ✅high
, Lutz's Nutrition Chapter 11 Infancy,
Childhood, and Adolescence Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
vitamin K -
correct answer ✅clotting vitamin; one vitamin all infants have to
have when born; Mom and Dad can refuse
possible sites for bleeding in infant to watch for -
correct answer ✅umbilical cord, heel stick, circumcision,
intracranial hemorrhage
benefits of breastfeeding -
correct answer ✅decreased rates of otitis media, lower respiratory
tract infection, asthma, childhood obesity, eczema, diarrhea and
vomiting, necrotizing enterocolitis, sudden infant death syndrome,
type 2 diabetes
mineral important for -
correct answer ✅growth and development
formula mimics -
correct answer ✅breast milk; just has problem with too much
protein
Childhood, and Adolescence Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
goal of Healthy People 2020 -
correct answer ✅reduce infant mortality rate; IMR, to 6.0 per
1,000 live births or less for all racial/ethnic groups
only time humans grow faster than infancy -
correct answer ✅40 wks before being born
infant birth weight 4 to 6 months of age -
correct answer ✅double
infant birth weight 1 yr -
correct answer ✅triple
infancy begins at -
correct answer ✅28 days of life
weight, length, and size of brain -
correct answer ✅infancy growth
,Lutz's Nutrition Chapter 11 Infancy,
Childhood, and Adolescence Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
birth length growth by age 1 -
correct answer ✅10 inches more
rate of growth -
correct answer ✅more significant than absolute values
assessment for infants -
correct answer ✅3 months, 6 months, and 1 yr
breast -
correct answer ✅is best
conception into second yr of life -
correct answer ✅period most critical to brain development
extends from
brain cells increase most rapidly before -
correct answer ✅birth and during first 5 to 6 months after birth
,Lutz's Nutrition Chapter 11 Infancy,
Childhood, and Adolescence Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
optimal nutrition -
correct answer ✅to attain maximum brain growth, the infant
needs
infant learns to -
correct answer ✅trust; parent who responds promptly and
lovingly to infant's cries
failure to thrive; FTT -
correct answer ✅inadequate growth or inability to maintain
growth; most parental issues, sometimes disease processes
physical development in infancy -
correct answer ✅energy and macronutrients
term pregnancy -
correct answer ✅38 to 42 wks
resting metabolic rates of infants -
correct answer ✅high
, Lutz's Nutrition Chapter 11 Infancy,
Childhood, and Adolescence Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
vitamin K -
correct answer ✅clotting vitamin; one vitamin all infants have to
have when born; Mom and Dad can refuse
possible sites for bleeding in infant to watch for -
correct answer ✅umbilical cord, heel stick, circumcision,
intracranial hemorrhage
benefits of breastfeeding -
correct answer ✅decreased rates of otitis media, lower respiratory
tract infection, asthma, childhood obesity, eczema, diarrhea and
vomiting, necrotizing enterocolitis, sudden infant death syndrome,
type 2 diabetes
mineral important for -
correct answer ✅growth and development
formula mimics -
correct answer ✅breast milk; just has problem with too much
protein
