NSCI 3543 - EXAM 2 UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. hunger
Answer:
condition which people lack the basic food intake needed to provide them with the energy and nutrients to
produce active lives
Question:
2. food security
Answer:
access at all times by all people to a safe amount of nutrients and culturally appropriate foods
Question:
3. food insecurity
Answer:
limited or uncertain amount of foods
Question:
4. about ___amount of people out of ___ people in the world, or 1/9 suffer from chronic undernourishment
Answer:
795 million, 7.3 billion
Question:
5. ____ people live in developing countries- ___percent, 1/8
Answer:
780 million people, 12.9%
Question:
6. _____ is poor nutritional status due to dietary intake either below or above the optimal level
Answer:
Malnutrition
Question:
7. food supply for people who are chronically undernourished is ___calories a day
Answer:
under 2,000 calories
Question:
8. lowest income countries have an average daily supply of ___ calories per person
Answer:
under 1,800 calories
,Question:
9. _____ deficiencies are found worldwide
Answer:
Question:
10. the 4 micronutrients/vitamin deficiencies found most common worldwide
Answer:
vitamin A, zinc, iodine, iron
Question:
11. iodine deficiency
Answer:
20 percent of the population worldwide in developing countries suffer from iodine deficiency
- helps with thyroid
Question:
12. vitamin A deficiency
Answer:
about 25 percent of children have a subclinical Vitamin A deficiency
- helps with eyes
Question:
13. iron deficiency
Answer:
more than 40% of women are anemic
Question:
14. zinc deficiency
Answer:
results in over 800,000 children deaths per year
-in meat, helps with muscles growth
Question:
15. when children's dietary intake is inadequate, there immune systems ____
Answer:
defense decreases
Question:
16. inadequate diets in children can lead to three things
Answer:
- impaired physical
-impaired psychological
-impaired cognitive development
Question:
17. stunted growth
, Answer:
- in developing countries
- children below the age of 5
- over 165 million kids
Question:
18. what causes over half the deaths of children worldwide?
Answer:
malnutrition
Question:
19. if kids don't get proper nutrition in the developmental years, what will happen?
Answer:
the damage that is done cannot be reversed
Question:
20. what is a major cause of hunger and malnutrition?
Answer:
poverty
Question:
21. ___% of the world population lives off of less than 10$ a day
Answer:
71%
Question:
22. in 2012, ___% of the worlds population lives off of less than 1.90$ a day. and ___ had no access to
clean water
Answer:
12.7%, 783 million
Question:
23. ___ had no access to adequate sanitation
Answer:
2.7 billion
Question:
24. ___ are without electricity and more than ___ people are without cooking facilities
Answer:
1.2 billion, 2.7 billion
Question:
25. in the united state (2014) ___ % of people were in poverty
Answer:
14.8%
CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. hunger
Answer:
condition which people lack the basic food intake needed to provide them with the energy and nutrients to
produce active lives
Question:
2. food security
Answer:
access at all times by all people to a safe amount of nutrients and culturally appropriate foods
Question:
3. food insecurity
Answer:
limited or uncertain amount of foods
Question:
4. about ___amount of people out of ___ people in the world, or 1/9 suffer from chronic undernourishment
Answer:
795 million, 7.3 billion
Question:
5. ____ people live in developing countries- ___percent, 1/8
Answer:
780 million people, 12.9%
Question:
6. _____ is poor nutritional status due to dietary intake either below or above the optimal level
Answer:
Malnutrition
Question:
7. food supply for people who are chronically undernourished is ___calories a day
Answer:
under 2,000 calories
Question:
8. lowest income countries have an average daily supply of ___ calories per person
Answer:
under 1,800 calories
,Question:
9. _____ deficiencies are found worldwide
Answer:
Question:
10. the 4 micronutrients/vitamin deficiencies found most common worldwide
Answer:
vitamin A, zinc, iodine, iron
Question:
11. iodine deficiency
Answer:
20 percent of the population worldwide in developing countries suffer from iodine deficiency
- helps with thyroid
Question:
12. vitamin A deficiency
Answer:
about 25 percent of children have a subclinical Vitamin A deficiency
- helps with eyes
Question:
13. iron deficiency
Answer:
more than 40% of women are anemic
Question:
14. zinc deficiency
Answer:
results in over 800,000 children deaths per year
-in meat, helps with muscles growth
Question:
15. when children's dietary intake is inadequate, there immune systems ____
Answer:
defense decreases
Question:
16. inadequate diets in children can lead to three things
Answer:
- impaired physical
-impaired psychological
-impaired cognitive development
Question:
17. stunted growth
, Answer:
- in developing countries
- children below the age of 5
- over 165 million kids
Question:
18. what causes over half the deaths of children worldwide?
Answer:
malnutrition
Question:
19. if kids don't get proper nutrition in the developmental years, what will happen?
Answer:
the damage that is done cannot be reversed
Question:
20. what is a major cause of hunger and malnutrition?
Answer:
poverty
Question:
21. ___% of the world population lives off of less than 10$ a day
Answer:
71%
Question:
22. in 2012, ___% of the worlds population lives off of less than 1.90$ a day. and ___ had no access to
clean water
Answer:
12.7%, 783 million
Question:
23. ___ had no access to adequate sanitation
Answer:
2.7 billion
Question:
24. ___ are without electricity and more than ___ people are without cooking facilities
Answer:
1.2 billion, 2.7 billion
Question:
25. in the united state (2014) ___ % of people were in poverty
Answer:
14.8%
