WGU- D440 - HEALTH AND
WELLNESS
THROUGH NUTRITIONAL
SCIENCE EXAM WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS 2025
Which are the preferred reference values for evaluating diets in
healthy answers
Correct people? () Dietary reference
intakes
The nurse is helping a group of patients understand changes with aging.
At what
do nutrient
agerequirements change? ( Correct answers )
50 years
What is the correct term for the discipline that applies nutrition science
to promote
human health and treat disease? ( Correct answers )
Dietetics
An older woman is asking which special nutrient she should consume as
she ages.
Which nutrient or food is important to include in her menu plan?
( Correct
Foods fortified
answers
with) vitamin
B12
The nurse is updating teaching material to match the 2010 dietary
reference
(DRIs). Which
intakes
nutrient DRIs were increased to promote bone health?
)( Correct
Calciumanswers
and
vitamin D
An older patient with heart failure is reviewing menu options and wants
to reduce
sodium intake. What is the recommended daily sodium intake?
( Correct answers )
1500
mg/day
Which is a recommendation from "Choose MyPlate's 10 Tips to a Great
Plate ( Correct
answers ) Make half your grains whole
grains.
To sustain life, the nutrients in food must perform which 3 functions in
the body?
Correct answers
( ) Build
Provide
tissue
Regulate metabolic
energy
processes
Which 4 pieces of information do the MyPlate food guidelines use
to create a food plan? ( Correct
personalized
answers ) Age
Heigh
tSe
x
Weigh
t
WELLNESS
THROUGH NUTRITIONAL
SCIENCE EXAM WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS 2025
Which are the preferred reference values for evaluating diets in
healthy answers
Correct people? () Dietary reference
intakes
The nurse is helping a group of patients understand changes with aging.
At what
do nutrient
agerequirements change? ( Correct answers )
50 years
What is the correct term for the discipline that applies nutrition science
to promote
human health and treat disease? ( Correct answers )
Dietetics
An older woman is asking which special nutrient she should consume as
she ages.
Which nutrient or food is important to include in her menu plan?
( Correct
Foods fortified
answers
with) vitamin
B12
The nurse is updating teaching material to match the 2010 dietary
reference
(DRIs). Which
intakes
nutrient DRIs were increased to promote bone health?
)( Correct
Calciumanswers
and
vitamin D
An older patient with heart failure is reviewing menu options and wants
to reduce
sodium intake. What is the recommended daily sodium intake?
( Correct answers )
1500
mg/day
Which is a recommendation from "Choose MyPlate's 10 Tips to a Great
Plate ( Correct
answers ) Make half your grains whole
grains.
To sustain life, the nutrients in food must perform which 3 functions in
the body?
Correct answers
( ) Build
Provide
tissue
Regulate metabolic
energy
processes
Which 4 pieces of information do the MyPlate food guidelines use
to create a food plan? ( Correct
personalized
answers ) Age
Heigh
tSe
x
Weigh
t
