Public Health 150 Final || QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
100% VERIFIED.
The most serious problem facing global health now and in the future is:
a. Nutrition
b. Water
c. Oil
d. Smoking
e. Maternal/child health correct answers b. Water
The leading cause of poor health globally is:
a. Poverty
b. Smoking
c. Sanitation
d. Cardiovascular disease
e. Infectious diseases correct answers a. Poverty
The leading infectious disease killer globally in 2001 was:
a. Respiratory diseases
b. HIV/AIDS
c. Diarrheal diseases
d. Tuberculosis
e. Malaria correct answers a. Respiratory diseases
Globally, the gap between have's and have not's over the last 50 years has:
a. Decreased
b. Increased
c. Remained about the same correct answers b. Increased
Which of the following is/are related to over-nutrition?
,a. Obesity
b. Type 2 diabetes
c. Cardiovascular diseases
d. All of the above
e. Both a. and b. above correct answers d. All of the above
Vitamin D deficiency is widespread in both developing and developed nations:
a. True
b. False correct answers a. True
How does kwashiorkor differ from marasmus?
a. Recovery from kwashiorkor is much slower than from marasmus
b. Although malnourished, a child with kwashiorkor is still alert and responsive, but one
suffering from marasmus is apathetic and lethargic
c. Kwashiorkor results primarily from protein deficiency, while maramus results from total
energy depletion
d. All of the above
e. None of the above correct answers c. Kwashiorkor results primarily from protein
deficiency, while maramus results from total energy depletion
Iodine deficiency:
a. Occurs especially in areas close to the sea
b. Is unlikely to be seen in mountainous areas
c. Only results from the lack of iodine in drinking water
d. Can result in permanent mental retardation
e. All of the above correct answers d. Can result in permanent mental retardation
Which of the following deficiencies are best addressed with animal source foods?
a. Iron
b. Vitamin A
c. Zinc
, d. All of the above
e. a. and b. above correct answers d. All of the above
Developing countries are currently experiencing problems of excess calorie intake:
a. True
b. False correct answers a. True
Research has shown that there is no association between childhood obesity and adult obesity:
a. True
b. False correct answers b. False
Which of the following is/are true about childhood obesity?
a. Type II diabetes, one result of obesity, is now seen in children
b. Prevalence studies of obesity indicate that it is more prevalent in Africa than in South
America
c. The prevalence has been increasing in many Western nations but not in poor, developing
countries
d. a. and b. above
e. None of the above. correct answers a. Type II diabetes, one result of obesity, is now seen in
children
Because of their universally positive effect on health, there is no such thing as taking as "too
many" vitamins:
a. True
b. False correct answers b. False
Breast feeding is important to an infant's health because:
a. It is not affected by the mother's nutritional status
b. It transfers immunity against certain infectious diseases
c. It decreases the mother's chances of getting pregnant
d. All of the above. correct answers b. It transfers immunity against certain infectious
diseases
100% VERIFIED.
The most serious problem facing global health now and in the future is:
a. Nutrition
b. Water
c. Oil
d. Smoking
e. Maternal/child health correct answers b. Water
The leading cause of poor health globally is:
a. Poverty
b. Smoking
c. Sanitation
d. Cardiovascular disease
e. Infectious diseases correct answers a. Poverty
The leading infectious disease killer globally in 2001 was:
a. Respiratory diseases
b. HIV/AIDS
c. Diarrheal diseases
d. Tuberculosis
e. Malaria correct answers a. Respiratory diseases
Globally, the gap between have's and have not's over the last 50 years has:
a. Decreased
b. Increased
c. Remained about the same correct answers b. Increased
Which of the following is/are related to over-nutrition?
,a. Obesity
b. Type 2 diabetes
c. Cardiovascular diseases
d. All of the above
e. Both a. and b. above correct answers d. All of the above
Vitamin D deficiency is widespread in both developing and developed nations:
a. True
b. False correct answers a. True
How does kwashiorkor differ from marasmus?
a. Recovery from kwashiorkor is much slower than from marasmus
b. Although malnourished, a child with kwashiorkor is still alert and responsive, but one
suffering from marasmus is apathetic and lethargic
c. Kwashiorkor results primarily from protein deficiency, while maramus results from total
energy depletion
d. All of the above
e. None of the above correct answers c. Kwashiorkor results primarily from protein
deficiency, while maramus results from total energy depletion
Iodine deficiency:
a. Occurs especially in areas close to the sea
b. Is unlikely to be seen in mountainous areas
c. Only results from the lack of iodine in drinking water
d. Can result in permanent mental retardation
e. All of the above correct answers d. Can result in permanent mental retardation
Which of the following deficiencies are best addressed with animal source foods?
a. Iron
b. Vitamin A
c. Zinc
, d. All of the above
e. a. and b. above correct answers d. All of the above
Developing countries are currently experiencing problems of excess calorie intake:
a. True
b. False correct answers a. True
Research has shown that there is no association between childhood obesity and adult obesity:
a. True
b. False correct answers b. False
Which of the following is/are true about childhood obesity?
a. Type II diabetes, one result of obesity, is now seen in children
b. Prevalence studies of obesity indicate that it is more prevalent in Africa than in South
America
c. The prevalence has been increasing in many Western nations but not in poor, developing
countries
d. a. and b. above
e. None of the above. correct answers a. Type II diabetes, one result of obesity, is now seen in
children
Because of their universally positive effect on health, there is no such thing as taking as "too
many" vitamins:
a. True
b. False correct answers b. False
Breast feeding is important to an infant's health because:
a. It is not affected by the mother's nutritional status
b. It transfers immunity against certain infectious diseases
c. It decreases the mother's chances of getting pregnant
d. All of the above. correct answers b. It transfers immunity against certain infectious
diseases
