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4 components of community - ✔✔people, a location in space, social interaction, shared values
3 P's of community - ✔✔people, policy, programs
Reasons to monitor health and nutrition status of the population. - ✔✔To allocate scarce resources;
Enhance the quality of life; Improve productivity.
Nutrition Monitoring describes - ✔✔-nutrition assessment
-nutrition monitoring
-nutrition surveillance (continuous assessment)
-nutrition screening
USDA's Food Supply Series - ✔✔1909 - first time the US government tracked food supply and
consumption
National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Program (NNMRRP)
AND 5 areas included - ✔✔1990 - Includes 50 surveillance activities that monitor and evaluate the
health and nutrition status of the U.S population.
5 Areas Included: Nutritional states and nutrition-related health measurements; food and nutrient
consumption; knowledge, attitudes, and behavior assessments; food composition and nutrient
database; and food supply determinations
What agency or group developed the DRI's and what does the acronym mean? - ✔✔DRI: Dietary
Reference Intakes
Recommendations by the Food and Nutrition Board (FNB)
DRI's Include: - ✔✔Estimated average requirements (EAR) used to set the
,Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) - sufficient to meet the nutrient requirements of nearly all
individuals;
Adequate Intake (AI) - Use as a guide for individuals and groups when no RDA is established;
Tolerable Upper Intake Levels (UL) - Maximum level of daily nutrient that is unlikely to pose any risk
Dietary Guidelines for Americans - ✔✔focus on overall nutrient intake and daily eating patterns, and
must be revised every five years.
What is the Nutrition Gap - ✔✔The gap between current recommendations and consumers' practices
described by the most recent NHANES data.
The purpose of public policy and how does it matter for nutrition? - ✔✔To fashion strategies for solving
public problems. Food assistance programs; Dietary recommendations; Reimbursement mechanisms for
nutrition services
6 Steps to Policy Making - ✔✔Step 1: Problem definition and Agenda setting
Step 2: Formulation of Alternatives
Step 3: Policy Adoption
Step 4: Policy implementation
Step 5: Policy evaluation
Step 6: Policy termination
WHO definition of health - ✔✔A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not
merely the absence of disease or infirmity
What is health promotion? - ✔✔The process of enabling people to achieve their maximum potential for
good health
An intervention is - ✔✔a health promotion activity aimed at changing the behavior of a target audience
Treatment of a person who has experienced a myocardial infarction is ________ prevention.
,a. tertiary
b. secondary
c. primary - ✔✔a. tertiary;
aims to treat and rehabilitate people who have experienced an illness of injury
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Cholesterol screening at a local health fair is ________ prevention.
a. tertiary
b. secondary
c. primary - ✔✔b. Secondary;
Focuses on detecting disease early through screening and other forms of risk appraisal.
Teaching children to use the USDA Food Guide and MyPyramid is ________ prevention.
a. tertiary
b. primary
c. secondary - ✔✔b. primary;
aimed at preventing disease by controlling risk factors related to disease
A community nutritionist is involved in policy making when he/she:
A. conducts a 24-hour recall on a patient.
B. employs a dietetic technician.
C. advises the city council about the need for a food bank.
D. teaches a mother to breastfeed. - ✔✔C. advises the city council about the need for a food bank.
The social - ecological model (SEM) emphasis multiple levels of influence including:
, A. individual knowledge, skills, behaviors, and abilities
B. only income and environment.
C. the social - ecological model dose not consider multiple levels of influence
D. individual, interpersonal, organizational, community and public policy - ✔✔D. individual,
interpersonal, organizational, community and public policy
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Which of the following health indicators has not improved since HP 2010 was released in 2000 in the
United States?
a. Prevalence of overweight
b. Cancer deaths
c. Heart disease deaths
d. Life expectancy - ✔✔a. Prevalence of overweight
The primary difference in an entrepreneur and an intrapreneur is:
a. entrepreneurs are usually more successful than intrapreneurs.
b. entrepreneurs are usually responsible for financial risk with a new venture, whereas intrapreneurs are
not.
c. entrepreneurs are more outgoing than intrapreneurs.
d. entrepreneurs learn from their mistakes, whereas intrapreneurs take no risks so they make very few
mistakes. - ✔✔b. entrepreneurs are usually responsible for financial risk with a new venture, whereas
intrapreneurs are not.
Health promotion activities that are designed to change a preexisting condition related to the target
audience's behavior are called ________.
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4 components of community - ✔✔people, a location in space, social interaction, shared values
3 P's of community - ✔✔people, policy, programs
Reasons to monitor health and nutrition status of the population. - ✔✔To allocate scarce resources;
Enhance the quality of life; Improve productivity.
Nutrition Monitoring describes - ✔✔-nutrition assessment
-nutrition monitoring
-nutrition surveillance (continuous assessment)
-nutrition screening
USDA's Food Supply Series - ✔✔1909 - first time the US government tracked food supply and
consumption
National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Program (NNMRRP)
AND 5 areas included - ✔✔1990 - Includes 50 surveillance activities that monitor and evaluate the
health and nutrition status of the U.S population.
5 Areas Included: Nutritional states and nutrition-related health measurements; food and nutrient
consumption; knowledge, attitudes, and behavior assessments; food composition and nutrient
database; and food supply determinations
What agency or group developed the DRI's and what does the acronym mean? - ✔✔DRI: Dietary
Reference Intakes
Recommendations by the Food and Nutrition Board (FNB)
DRI's Include: - ✔✔Estimated average requirements (EAR) used to set the
,Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) - sufficient to meet the nutrient requirements of nearly all
individuals;
Adequate Intake (AI) - Use as a guide for individuals and groups when no RDA is established;
Tolerable Upper Intake Levels (UL) - Maximum level of daily nutrient that is unlikely to pose any risk
Dietary Guidelines for Americans - ✔✔focus on overall nutrient intake and daily eating patterns, and
must be revised every five years.
What is the Nutrition Gap - ✔✔The gap between current recommendations and consumers' practices
described by the most recent NHANES data.
The purpose of public policy and how does it matter for nutrition? - ✔✔To fashion strategies for solving
public problems. Food assistance programs; Dietary recommendations; Reimbursement mechanisms for
nutrition services
6 Steps to Policy Making - ✔✔Step 1: Problem definition and Agenda setting
Step 2: Formulation of Alternatives
Step 3: Policy Adoption
Step 4: Policy implementation
Step 5: Policy evaluation
Step 6: Policy termination
WHO definition of health - ✔✔A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not
merely the absence of disease or infirmity
What is health promotion? - ✔✔The process of enabling people to achieve their maximum potential for
good health
An intervention is - ✔✔a health promotion activity aimed at changing the behavior of a target audience
Treatment of a person who has experienced a myocardial infarction is ________ prevention.
,a. tertiary
b. secondary
c. primary - ✔✔a. tertiary;
aims to treat and rehabilitate people who have experienced an illness of injury
26
Cholesterol screening at a local health fair is ________ prevention.
a. tertiary
b. secondary
c. primary - ✔✔b. Secondary;
Focuses on detecting disease early through screening and other forms of risk appraisal.
Teaching children to use the USDA Food Guide and MyPyramid is ________ prevention.
a. tertiary
b. primary
c. secondary - ✔✔b. primary;
aimed at preventing disease by controlling risk factors related to disease
A community nutritionist is involved in policy making when he/she:
A. conducts a 24-hour recall on a patient.
B. employs a dietetic technician.
C. advises the city council about the need for a food bank.
D. teaches a mother to breastfeed. - ✔✔C. advises the city council about the need for a food bank.
The social - ecological model (SEM) emphasis multiple levels of influence including:
, A. individual knowledge, skills, behaviors, and abilities
B. only income and environment.
C. the social - ecological model dose not consider multiple levels of influence
D. individual, interpersonal, organizational, community and public policy - ✔✔D. individual,
interpersonal, organizational, community and public policy
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Which of the following health indicators has not improved since HP 2010 was released in 2000 in the
United States?
a. Prevalence of overweight
b. Cancer deaths
c. Heart disease deaths
d. Life expectancy - ✔✔a. Prevalence of overweight
The primary difference in an entrepreneur and an intrapreneur is:
a. entrepreneurs are usually more successful than intrapreneurs.
b. entrepreneurs are usually responsible for financial risk with a new venture, whereas intrapreneurs are
not.
c. entrepreneurs are more outgoing than intrapreneurs.
d. entrepreneurs learn from their mistakes, whereas intrapreneurs take no risks so they make very few
mistakes. - ✔✔b. entrepreneurs are usually responsible for financial risk with a new venture, whereas
intrapreneurs are not.
Health promotion activities that are designed to change a preexisting condition related to the target
audience's behavior are called ________.
