,Chapter 01 - The Basics of Understanding Nutrition
True / False
1. The social and cultural groups to which a person belongs have a significant effect on food choices.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Understand
REFERENCES: 1.5 Understanding Our Food Choices
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PNUT.BOYL.16.1.5 - Identify different factors that influence personal food choices.
2. The First Amendment to the Constitution allows freedom of the press for writers to make claims for nutrition products.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Remember
REFERENCES: 1.8 Spotlight: How Do You Tell If It's Nutrition Fact or Nutrition Fiction?
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
LEARNING OBJECTIV PNUT.BOYL.16.1.8 - Distinguish between reliable science-based nutrition information and
ES: nutrition/health fraud.
3. A nutrition claim that appears in a newspaper is usually a confirmed, and therefore reliable, finding.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Understand
REFERENCES: 1.8 Spotlight: How Do You Tell If It's Nutrition Fact or Nutrition Fiction?
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
LEARNING OBJECTIV PNUT.BOYL.16.1.8 - Distinguish between reliable science-based nutrition information and
ES: nutrition/health fraud.
4. An epidemiological study examines populations to determine food patterns and health status over time.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Remember
REFERENCES: 1.8 Spotlight: How Do You Tell If It's Nutrition Fact or Nutrition Fiction?
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
LEARNING OBJECTIV PNUT.BOYL.16.1.8 - Distinguish between reliable science-based nutrition information and
ES: nutrition/health fraud.
5. Access to an abundance of foods has been shown to contribute to increased rates of degenerative diseases.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
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DIFFICULTY: Understand
REFERENCES: 1.2 Nutrition and Health Promotion
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PNUT.BOYL.16.1.2 - Identify lifestyle factors that impact risk for chronic disease.
6. Nutrient deficiency diseases have been virtually eliminated in America.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Understand
REFERENCES: 1.2 Nutrition and Health Promotion
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PNUT.BOYL.16.1.2 - Identify lifestyle factors that impact risk for chronic disease.
7. The physiological need for food is also known as appetite.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Remember
REFERENCES: 1.5 Understanding Our Food Choices
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PNUT.BOYL.16.1.5 - Identify different factors that influence personal food choices.
8. Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Remember
REFERENCES: 1.8 Spotlight: How Do You Tell If It's Nutrition Fact or Nutrition Fiction?
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
LEARNING OBJECTIV PNUT.BOYL.16.1.8 - Distinguish between reliable science-based nutrition information and
ES: nutrition/health fraud.
9. Eating a fast-food meal is not consistent with a healthy lifestyle.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Understand
REFERENCES: 1.7 Nutrition Action: Good and Fast-A Guide to Eating on the Run, or Has Your Waistline Been
Supersized?
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
LEARNING OBJECTIVE PNUT.BOYL.16.1.7 - List strategies for choosing healthful meals when dining away from
S: home.
10. Even when people are served more food, they tend to eat the same amount.
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a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Understand
REFERENCES: 1.7 Nutrition Action: Good and Fast-A Guide to Eating on the Run, or Has Your Waistline Been
Supersized?
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
LEARNING OBJECTIVE PNUT.BOYL.16.1.7 - List strategies for choosing healthful meals when dining away from
S: home.
11. The Okinawans exhibit the highest mortality rates on earth.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Remember
REFERENCES: 1.3 Eat Well Be Well: Eating Pattern for Longevity
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PNUT.BOYL.16.1.3 - Describe lifestyle practices associated with longevity and health.
12. The diet of Okinawan elders is 80% plant-based and is high in soy.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Remember
REFERENCES: 1.3 Eat Well Be Well: Eating Pattern for Longevity
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PNUT.BOYL.16.1.3 - Describe lifestyle practices associated with longevity and health.
13. Okinawans are a group of Eskimos that eat a high-fat diet but still maintain good health.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Remember
REFERENCES: 1.3 Eat Well Be Well: Eating Pattern for Longevity
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PNUT.BOYL.16.1.3 - Describe lifestyle practices associated with longevity and health.
14. The Okinawans have a lower prevalence of chronic diseases than most other cultures in the world.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Remember
REFERENCES: 1.3 Eat Well Be Well: Eating Pattern for Longevity
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PNUT.BOYL.16.1.3 - Describe lifestyle practices associated with longevity and health.
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True / False
1. The social and cultural groups to which a person belongs have a significant effect on food choices.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Understand
REFERENCES: 1.5 Understanding Our Food Choices
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PNUT.BOYL.16.1.5 - Identify different factors that influence personal food choices.
2. The First Amendment to the Constitution allows freedom of the press for writers to make claims for nutrition products.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Remember
REFERENCES: 1.8 Spotlight: How Do You Tell If It's Nutrition Fact or Nutrition Fiction?
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
LEARNING OBJECTIV PNUT.BOYL.16.1.8 - Distinguish between reliable science-based nutrition information and
ES: nutrition/health fraud.
3. A nutrition claim that appears in a newspaper is usually a confirmed, and therefore reliable, finding.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Understand
REFERENCES: 1.8 Spotlight: How Do You Tell If It's Nutrition Fact or Nutrition Fiction?
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
LEARNING OBJECTIV PNUT.BOYL.16.1.8 - Distinguish between reliable science-based nutrition information and
ES: nutrition/health fraud.
4. An epidemiological study examines populations to determine food patterns and health status over time.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Remember
REFERENCES: 1.8 Spotlight: How Do You Tell If It's Nutrition Fact or Nutrition Fiction?
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
LEARNING OBJECTIV PNUT.BOYL.16.1.8 - Distinguish between reliable science-based nutrition information and
ES: nutrition/health fraud.
5. Access to an abundance of foods has been shown to contribute to increased rates of degenerative diseases.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
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DIFFICULTY: Understand
REFERENCES: 1.2 Nutrition and Health Promotion
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PNUT.BOYL.16.1.2 - Identify lifestyle factors that impact risk for chronic disease.
6. Nutrient deficiency diseases have been virtually eliminated in America.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Understand
REFERENCES: 1.2 Nutrition and Health Promotion
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PNUT.BOYL.16.1.2 - Identify lifestyle factors that impact risk for chronic disease.
7. The physiological need for food is also known as appetite.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Remember
REFERENCES: 1.5 Understanding Our Food Choices
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PNUT.BOYL.16.1.5 - Identify different factors that influence personal food choices.
8. Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Remember
REFERENCES: 1.8 Spotlight: How Do You Tell If It's Nutrition Fact or Nutrition Fiction?
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
LEARNING OBJECTIV PNUT.BOYL.16.1.8 - Distinguish between reliable science-based nutrition information and
ES: nutrition/health fraud.
9. Eating a fast-food meal is not consistent with a healthy lifestyle.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Understand
REFERENCES: 1.7 Nutrition Action: Good and Fast-A Guide to Eating on the Run, or Has Your Waistline Been
Supersized?
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
LEARNING OBJECTIVE PNUT.BOYL.16.1.7 - List strategies for choosing healthful meals when dining away from
S: home.
10. Even when people are served more food, they tend to eat the same amount.
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, Chapter 01 - The Basics of Understanding Nutrition
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Understand
REFERENCES: 1.7 Nutrition Action: Good and Fast-A Guide to Eating on the Run, or Has Your Waistline Been
Supersized?
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
LEARNING OBJECTIVE PNUT.BOYL.16.1.7 - List strategies for choosing healthful meals when dining away from
S: home.
11. The Okinawans exhibit the highest mortality rates on earth.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Remember
REFERENCES: 1.3 Eat Well Be Well: Eating Pattern for Longevity
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PNUT.BOYL.16.1.3 - Describe lifestyle practices associated with longevity and health.
12. The diet of Okinawan elders is 80% plant-based and is high in soy.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Remember
REFERENCES: 1.3 Eat Well Be Well: Eating Pattern for Longevity
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PNUT.BOYL.16.1.3 - Describe lifestyle practices associated with longevity and health.
13. Okinawans are a group of Eskimos that eat a high-fat diet but still maintain good health.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Remember
REFERENCES: 1.3 Eat Well Be Well: Eating Pattern for Longevity
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PNUT.BOYL.16.1.3 - Describe lifestyle practices associated with longevity and health.
14. The Okinawans have a lower prevalence of chronic diseases than most other cultures in the world.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Remember
REFERENCES: 1.3 Eat Well Be Well: Eating Pattern for Longevity
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PNUT.BOYL.16.1.3 - Describe lifestyle practices associated with longevity and health.
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