PORTAGE LEARNING NUTRITION FINAL EXAMS
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Anthropometric assessment - ✔✔measurements of body composition, including
weight, height, skin fold measurements, and body circumference
✔✔Biochemical assessment - ✔✔measurement of nutrients in the blood, urine, and
feces
✔✔Clinical assessment - ✔✔physical examination evaluating the general appearance
of the skin, eyes, tongue, teeth, and throat; blood pressure and mobility are also often
checked
✔✔Dietary assessment - ✔✔evaluation an individual's dietary intake to determine if
there are any deficiencies or other problematic areas
✔✔Environmental assessment - ✔✔review of the person's living conditions as well as
their background history, which includes medical history, medication review, social
history (marital status, living conditions), level of education, and economic status
✔✔three key dietary principles of the Dietary Guidelines to Make Every Bite Count -
✔✔1. Meet nutritional needs primarily from nutrient dense foods and beverages
2. Choose a variety of options from each food group
, 3. Pay attention to portion size
✔✔Desirable Nutrition - ✔✔Achieved by eating a variety of foods that provide all the
essential nutrients to support normal body functions
✔✔Overnutrition - ✔✔the excess consumption of calories, fats, saturated fats, and
cholesterol, which increase the risks of chronic disease
✔✔Undernutrition - ✔✔occurs when nutrient intake does not meet the nutrient needs of
the body
✔✔Malnutrition - ✔✔a collective term that can refer to either overnutrition or
undernutrition
✔✔Health Claim - ✔✔These claims are closely regulated by the FDA
✔✔Preliminary Health Claim - ✔✔These claims are also regulated by FDA, but a
scientific link may not be established
✔✔Nutrient Claim - ✔✔These claims are closely regulated by the FDA. In this case, a
specific claim is being made about a nutrient
✔✔Structure/Function claim - ✔✔These claims are not FDA approved
✔✔ Nutrition - ✔✔the science that links foods to health and disease.
It includes the processes by which humans ingest, digest, absorb, transport, and
excrete food substances.
✔✔Physical Health - ✔✔body's ability to perform daily functions for survival
✔✔Intellectual Health - ✔✔The cognitive ability to learn and adapt
✔✔Emotional Health - ✔✔The ability to express or suppress emotion
✔✔Social Health - ✔✔The ability to interact with others
✔✔Spiritual Health - ✔✔Purpose for human existence, cultural practices
✔✔Food - ✔✔Provides energy in terms of calories
✔✔Nutrients - ✔✔Substances found in food that provide the materials for building and
maintaining our bodies and regulating of key metabolic processes that sustain life
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Anthropometric assessment - ✔✔measurements of body composition, including
weight, height, skin fold measurements, and body circumference
✔✔Biochemical assessment - ✔✔measurement of nutrients in the blood, urine, and
feces
✔✔Clinical assessment - ✔✔physical examination evaluating the general appearance
of the skin, eyes, tongue, teeth, and throat; blood pressure and mobility are also often
checked
✔✔Dietary assessment - ✔✔evaluation an individual's dietary intake to determine if
there are any deficiencies or other problematic areas
✔✔Environmental assessment - ✔✔review of the person's living conditions as well as
their background history, which includes medical history, medication review, social
history (marital status, living conditions), level of education, and economic status
✔✔three key dietary principles of the Dietary Guidelines to Make Every Bite Count -
✔✔1. Meet nutritional needs primarily from nutrient dense foods and beverages
2. Choose a variety of options from each food group
, 3. Pay attention to portion size
✔✔Desirable Nutrition - ✔✔Achieved by eating a variety of foods that provide all the
essential nutrients to support normal body functions
✔✔Overnutrition - ✔✔the excess consumption of calories, fats, saturated fats, and
cholesterol, which increase the risks of chronic disease
✔✔Undernutrition - ✔✔occurs when nutrient intake does not meet the nutrient needs of
the body
✔✔Malnutrition - ✔✔a collective term that can refer to either overnutrition or
undernutrition
✔✔Health Claim - ✔✔These claims are closely regulated by the FDA
✔✔Preliminary Health Claim - ✔✔These claims are also regulated by FDA, but a
scientific link may not be established
✔✔Nutrient Claim - ✔✔These claims are closely regulated by the FDA. In this case, a
specific claim is being made about a nutrient
✔✔Structure/Function claim - ✔✔These claims are not FDA approved
✔✔ Nutrition - ✔✔the science that links foods to health and disease.
It includes the processes by which humans ingest, digest, absorb, transport, and
excrete food substances.
✔✔Physical Health - ✔✔body's ability to perform daily functions for survival
✔✔Intellectual Health - ✔✔The cognitive ability to learn and adapt
✔✔Emotional Health - ✔✔The ability to express or suppress emotion
✔✔Social Health - ✔✔The ability to interact with others
✔✔Spiritual Health - ✔✔Purpose for human existence, cultural practices
✔✔Food - ✔✔Provides energy in terms of calories
✔✔Nutrients - ✔✔Substances found in food that provide the materials for building and
maintaining our bodies and regulating of key metabolic processes that sustain life
