NUTRITION AND DIET THERAPY ACTUAL
TEST PAPER FULL QUESTIONS AND
ACCURATE ANSWERS GRADED APLUS
●● What does health encompass?
Answer: A state of complete well-being, not merely the absence of
disease or infirmity.
●● What are the Healthy People 2030 goals related to nutrition?
Answer: Nutrition and weight status, physical activity, and dietary
guidelines.
●● What is primary prevention in disease prevention?
Answer: Averting the occurrence of disease.
●● What is secondary prevention in disease prevention?
Answer: Monitoring techniques to discover diseases early.
●● What is tertiary prevention in disease prevention?
Answer: Treatment after a disease has occurred.
●● What are the major classes of nutrients?
,Answer: Carbohydrates, fats (lipids), proteins, vitamins, minerals, and
water.
●● What are essential nutrients?
Answer: Nutrients that must be ingested daily because the body cannot
survive without them or cannot manufacture/store them in sufficient
quantities.
●● What is the most basic nutrient for the body?
Answer: Water.
●● What are nonessential nutrients?
Answer: Nutrients that are not needed in the diet.
●● What are conditionally essential nutrients?
Answer: Nutrients that the body can manufacture in healthy states but
cannot in disease states.
●● What are the functions of nutrients?
Answer: Provide energy for all movement, building materials for growth
and repair, and regulate all body processes.
●● What is malnutrition?
, Answer: Inadequate or unbalanced intake of food or nutrients.
●● What was the aggregate medical cost due to obesity among adults in
the US in 2021?
Answer: $260.6 billion.
●● What is the projected number of overweight and obese adults by
2025?
Answer: 2.7 billion.
●● What was the USDA's 1950's nutrition guideline?
Answer: The '4 Food Groups' which proved dangerous.
●● What is a key strategy for portion control?
Answer: Eat 3 balanced meals and 1-2 healthy snacks per day.
●● Where does digestion and absorption take place?
Answer: In the alimentary canal.
●● What are the methods of nutrient delivery?
Answer: Oral feeding, enteral tube feeding, and assisted feeding.
●● What is the role of the RN in enteral tube feeding?
TEST PAPER FULL QUESTIONS AND
ACCURATE ANSWERS GRADED APLUS
●● What does health encompass?
Answer: A state of complete well-being, not merely the absence of
disease or infirmity.
●● What are the Healthy People 2030 goals related to nutrition?
Answer: Nutrition and weight status, physical activity, and dietary
guidelines.
●● What is primary prevention in disease prevention?
Answer: Averting the occurrence of disease.
●● What is secondary prevention in disease prevention?
Answer: Monitoring techniques to discover diseases early.
●● What is tertiary prevention in disease prevention?
Answer: Treatment after a disease has occurred.
●● What are the major classes of nutrients?
,Answer: Carbohydrates, fats (lipids), proteins, vitamins, minerals, and
water.
●● What are essential nutrients?
Answer: Nutrients that must be ingested daily because the body cannot
survive without them or cannot manufacture/store them in sufficient
quantities.
●● What is the most basic nutrient for the body?
Answer: Water.
●● What are nonessential nutrients?
Answer: Nutrients that are not needed in the diet.
●● What are conditionally essential nutrients?
Answer: Nutrients that the body can manufacture in healthy states but
cannot in disease states.
●● What are the functions of nutrients?
Answer: Provide energy for all movement, building materials for growth
and repair, and regulate all body processes.
●● What is malnutrition?
, Answer: Inadequate or unbalanced intake of food or nutrients.
●● What was the aggregate medical cost due to obesity among adults in
the US in 2021?
Answer: $260.6 billion.
●● What is the projected number of overweight and obese adults by
2025?
Answer: 2.7 billion.
●● What was the USDA's 1950's nutrition guideline?
Answer: The '4 Food Groups' which proved dangerous.
●● What is a key strategy for portion control?
Answer: Eat 3 balanced meals and 1-2 healthy snacks per day.
●● Where does digestion and absorption take place?
Answer: In the alimentary canal.
●● What are the methods of nutrient delivery?
Answer: Oral feeding, enteral tube feeding, and assisted feeding.
●● What is the role of the RN in enteral tube feeding?
