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HSAN Module 3 Nutrition Exam Study
Guide 100% Verified.
Nutrition - Answer✔the process of nourishing or being nourished by the foods we eat and how
our bodies use them
nutrient - Answer✔a nourishing substance or ingredient
appetite - Answer✔a desire to eat
hunger - Answer✔a craving or urgent need for food
meal - Answer✔a portion of food eaten to satisfy appetite
snack - Answer✔a light meal, or food eaten between regular meals
thirst - Answer✔a desire or need to drink
developmental readiness - Answer✔determines the types and textures of food that should be
served and what feeding style to use
developmental skills related to eating - Answer✔mouth patterns, hand and body skills, feeding
skills or abilities
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Prop - Answer✔Never ____________ a bottle
suck/swallow reflex - Answer✔birth to 5 months, liquid immediately moved to back of mouth
to be swallowed
tongue thrust reflex - Answer✔when lips are touched, child extends tongue out of his mouth
rooting reflex - Answer✔when oral area is touched, head and mouth turn toward the object
and mouth opens
gag reflex - Answer✔when any object is placed too far back in a child's mouth, it is propelled
forward
5 months to 9 months - Answer✔child makes munching movements and can pick up food with
"pincher grasp"
Optimal food for infants - Answer✔breast milk
microwave - Answer✔breast milk and formula should not be heated in a ________
solid foods - Answer✔should not be given in bottles
infancy - Answer✔good eating habits are established during ____________________________
the middle of the tongue - Answer✔you should place the spoon when you feed a child solid
food on ___________________
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HSAN Module 3 Nutrition Exam Study
Guide 100% Verified.
Nutrition - Answer✔the process of nourishing or being nourished by the foods we eat and how
our bodies use them
nutrient - Answer✔a nourishing substance or ingredient
appetite - Answer✔a desire to eat
hunger - Answer✔a craving or urgent need for food
meal - Answer✔a portion of food eaten to satisfy appetite
snack - Answer✔a light meal, or food eaten between regular meals
thirst - Answer✔a desire or need to drink
developmental readiness - Answer✔determines the types and textures of food that should be
served and what feeding style to use
developmental skills related to eating - Answer✔mouth patterns, hand and body skills, feeding
skills or abilities
1
, ©JASONMcCONNELL 2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Prop - Answer✔Never ____________ a bottle
suck/swallow reflex - Answer✔birth to 5 months, liquid immediately moved to back of mouth
to be swallowed
tongue thrust reflex - Answer✔when lips are touched, child extends tongue out of his mouth
rooting reflex - Answer✔when oral area is touched, head and mouth turn toward the object
and mouth opens
gag reflex - Answer✔when any object is placed too far back in a child's mouth, it is propelled
forward
5 months to 9 months - Answer✔child makes munching movements and can pick up food with
"pincher grasp"
Optimal food for infants - Answer✔breast milk
microwave - Answer✔breast milk and formula should not be heated in a ________
solid foods - Answer✔should not be given in bottles
infancy - Answer✔good eating habits are established during ____________________________
the middle of the tongue - Answer✔you should place the spoon when you feed a child solid
food on ___________________
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