Community Nutrition: Planning Health Promotion and Disease
Prevention
Nweze Eunice Nnakwe
3rd Edition
,Table of Contents
Set 1. Assessment Quizzes 1
Chapter 01 Community Nutrition and Public Health 1
Chapter 02 Nutrition Screening and Assessment 7
Chapter 03 Nutritional Epidemiology and Research Methods 15
Chapter 04 U.S. Nutrition Monitoring and Food Assistance Programs 23
Chapter 05 Cultural Influences and Public Health Nutrition 31
Chapter 06 Public Policy and Nutrition 39
Chapter 07 Public Health Nutrition: An International Perspective 46
Chapter 08 Nutrition During Pregnancy and Infancy 53
Chapter 09 Nutrition in Childhood and Adolescence 61
Chapter 10 Adulthood: Special Health Issues 68
Chapter 11 Promoting Health and Preventing Disease in Older Persons 75
Chapter 12 Principles of Planning Effective Community Nutrition Programs 83
Chapter 13 Theories and Models for Health Promotion and Changing Nutrition Behavior
90
Chapter 14 Acquiring Grantsmanship Skills 97
Chapter 15 Ethics and Nutrition Practice 104
Chapter 16 Principles of Nutrition Education 111
Chapter 17 Marketing Nutrition Programs and the Role of Food Industry in Food Choice
119
Chapter 18 Private and Government Healthcare Systems 127
Midterm Exam 135
Final Exam 147
Set 2. eBook Quizzes 159
Chapter 01 Community Nutrition and Public Health 159
Chapter 02 Nutrition Screening and Assessment 165
Chapter 03 Nutritional Epidemiology and Research Methods 174
Chapter 04 U.S. Nutrition Monitoring and Food Assistance Programs 180
Chapter 05 Cultural Influences and Public Health Nutrition 189
Chapter 06 Public Policy and Nutrition 197
Chapter 07 Public Health Nutrition-An International Perspective 205
Chapter 08 Nutrition During Pregnancy and Infancy 212
Chapter 09 Nutrition in Childhood and Adolescence 223
Chapter 10 Adulthood-Special Health Issues 230
Chapter 11 Promoting Health and Preventing Disease in Older Persons 237
Chapter 12 Principles of Planning Effective Community Nutrition Programs 247
Chapter 13 Theories and Models for Health Promotion and Changing Nutrition Behavior
253
Chapter 14 Acquiring Grantsmanship Skills 260
Chapter 15 Ethics and Nutrition Practice 266
Chapter 16 Principles of Nutrition Education 272
,Chapter 17 Marketing Nutrition Programs and the Role of Food Industry in Food Choice
279
Chapter 18 Private and Government Healthcare Systems 286
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Chapter: Chapter 01 Community Nutrition and Public Health
Multiple Choice
1. Health promotion is defined as the process of enabling people to increase control over and to improve their
health. The approach in which instruction is directed at the entire population is the:
A) population approach.
B) collaboration approach.
C) interdisciplinary team approach.
D) individual approach.
Ans: A
Ahead: Health Promotion
Subject: Chapter 1
Complexity: Moderate
Title: Community Nutrition and Public Health
2. The disadvantage that screening may not be universal and some high-risk individuals may not be identified is
true for which of the following?
A) The individual approach
B) The population approach
C) The societal approach
D) The consensus approach
Ans: A
Ahead: Health Promotion
Subject: Chapter 1
Complexity: Moderate
Title: Community Nutrition and Public Health
3. Which would be classified as a community approach?
A) New regulations for folate fortification of certain foods
B) Fat and calorie labels
C) Bone density screening for an individual at risk
D) Blood pressure screening at the community center
Ans: D
Ahead: Health Promotion
Subject: Chapter 1
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Title: Community Nutrition and Public Health
4. Health promotion is defined as the process of enabling people to increase control over and to improve their
health. The two important strategies to choose from when designing a health promotion campaign aimed at risk
reduction are:
A) population approach and individual approach.
B) collaboration approach.
C) interdisciplinary team approach.
D) All of these are correct.
Ans: A
Ahead: Health Promotion
Subject: Chapter 1
Complexity: Difficult
Title: Community Nutrition and Public Health
5. A low-income elderly woman is being screened for blood cholesterol level by a community nutritionist at a
community health center. What level of prevention is the nutritionist using?
A) Primary prevention
B) Tertiary prevention
C) Secondary prevention
Ans: C
Ahead: Level of Prevention
Subject: Chapter 1
Complexity: Moderate
Title: Community Nutrition and Public Health
6. An individual who is undergoing treatment as a result of osteoporosis is receiving which level of prevention?
A) Primary prevention
B) Secondary prevention
C) Tertiary prevention
Ans: C
Ahead: Level of Prevention
Subject: Chapter 1
Complexity: Easy
Title: Community Nutrition and Public Health
7. A low-income pregnant woman is seen by a community nutritionist at WIC. What level of
prevention is the nutritionist using to reduce the woman’s risk of malnutrition?
A) Primary prevention
B) Tertiary prevention
C) Secondary prevention
Ans: C
Ahead: Level of Prevention
Subject: Chapter 1
Complexity: Moderate
Title: Community Nutrition and Public Health
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8. A deficiency caused by an inadequate intake of a nutrient could be prevented by:
A) primary prevention.
B) secondary prevention.
C) clinical prevention.
D) subclinical prevention.
E) tertiary prevention.
Ans: A
Ahead: Level of Prevention
Subject: Chapter 1
Complexity: Moderate
Title: Community Nutrition and Public Health
9. A community nutritionist is developing a program to reduce most of today’s major public health problems in
the United States. Which of the following is the leading cause of death in the United States?
A) Heart disease
B) Stroke and diabetes
C) Hypertension
D) Septicemia
E) Malaria
Ans: A
Ahead: The Relationship Between Eating Behaviors and Chronic Diseases
Subject: Chapter 1
Complexity: Moderate
Title: Community Nutrition and Public Health
10. Many government, health, and scientific organizations have provided comprehensive analyses of
the relationship between:
A) stroke, cancer, and diabetes.
B) economic depression, wars, and civil rights.
C) infant mortality, heart disease, and poverty.
D) diet, lifestyle, and major chronic diseases.
Ans: D
Ahead: The Relationship Between Eating Behaviors and Chronic Diseases
Subject: Chapter 1
Complexity: Difficult
Title: Community Nutrition and Public Health
11. There has been a decrease in cardiovascular disease mortality in the past 25 years in the United States
and most industrialized countries due to a massive preventive campaign to:
A) aid the WFA in worldwide hunger.
B) increase folic acid intake.
C) reduce fat intake and increase physical activity.
D) reduce amino acid consumption.
Ans: C
Ahead: The Relationship Between Eating Behaviors and Chronic Diseases
Subject: Chapter 1
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12. Public health and community nutritionists engage in multitasking roles that can include all of the following
except:
A) blood pressure screening.
B) diet counseling.
C) chemotherapy.
D) medical nutrition therapy.
Ans: C
Ahead: Public Health and Nutrition
Subject: Chapter 1
Complexity: Moderate
Title: Community Nutrition and Public Health
13. In public health, who is seen as the patient?
A) The individual
B) The community
C) The elderly
D) Only those in the hospital setting
Ans: B
Ahead: Public Health and Nutrition
Subject: Chapter 1
Complexity: Moderate
Title: Community Nutrition and Public Health
14. Secondary intervention includes designing activities:
A) to prevent a problem or disease before it starts.
B) to treat a disease that is already present.
C) related to early diagnosis and treatment, including screening for diseases.
Ans: C
Ahead: Level of Prevention
Subject: Chapter 1
Complexity: Moderate
Title: Community Nutrition and Public Health
15. The Cooperative Extension System (CES) works in all of the following areas except:
A) natural resources.
B) the purchasing of wholesale goods.
C) family and consumer sciences.
D) community and economic development.
Ans: B
Ahead: The Cooperative Extension System
Subject: Chapter 1
Complexity: Moderate
Title: Community Nutrition and Public Health
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16. EFNEP is short for:
A) Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program.
B) Educating Family and Newborn Entitlement Policy.
C) Environmental Funding and Nutrition Education Program.
D) Educating Family and Nutrition Education Program.
Ans: A
Ahead: The Cooperative Extension System
Subject: Chapter 1
Complexity: Moderate
Title: Community Nutrition and Public Health
17. In the Clemson University Cooperative Extension Nutrition Program, individuals in the intervention
community had:
A) fewer cases of neural tube defects compared to the control community.
B) a significant decrease in the intake of dietary fat compared to the control community.
C) exceedingly high blood pressures compared to the control community.
D) more of a desire to consume high-carbohydrate foods compared to the control community.
Ans: B
Ahead: Successful Community Strategies
Subject: Chapter 1
Complexity: Moderate
Title: Community Nutrition and Public Health
18. In his socioeconomic model, Mackenbach describes the selection process as represented by childhood
health, which then determines adulthood health and which of the following?
A) Socioeconomic position
B) Psychological state
C) Heart disease risk
D) Governmental view
Ans: A
Ahead: Reducing Risk Through Prevention
Subject: Chapter 1
Complexity: Difficult
Title: Community Nutrition and Public Health
19. A community nutritionist is developing a program to address most of Healthy People 2010 Focus Areas,
which include which of the following?
A) Heart disease and cancer
B) Stroke and diabetes
C) Respiratory disease and tobacco use
D) All of these are correct.
E) None of these is correct.
Ans: D
Ahead: Healthy People 2010
Subject: Chapter 1
Complexity: Moderate
Title: Community Nutrition and Public Health
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20. A community can also be defined on the basis of a common interest or goal. A nutritionist was asked to
identify and design a program for common-interest communities. All of these are examples of common-interest
communities except:
A) Members of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
B) teenage mothers.
C) coworkers.
D) members of churches.
E) homebound elderly persons.
Ans: C
Ahead: The Concept of Community
Subject: Chapter 1
Complexity: Easy
Title: Community Nutrition and Public Health
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Chapter: Chapter 02 Nutrition Screening and Assessment
Multiple Choice
1. In the 1960s, the incidence of malnutrition was not noticed because little or no attention was given to nutritional
health. The acronym for one of the surveys for monitoring nutritional health is NHANES, which stands for:
A) National Health Americans Nutrition Examination Survey.
B) National Help Americans Not Eat Stupidly.
C) National Health and Nutrition Examination Study.
D) National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
Ans: D
Ahead: Nutrition Assessment in the United States
Subject: Chapter 2
Complexity: Difficult
Title: Nutrition Screening and Assessment
2. Larry is a dietitian at the local community health clinic, and one of his responsibilities is to conduct nutrition
assessments of the clients. Which one of the following is not considered a technique used in conducting a
nutrition assessment?
A) Anthropometric measures
B) Biochemical analysis
C) Note taking
D) Physical examination
Ans: C
Ahead: Nutritional Needs Assessment
Subject: Chapter 2
Complexity: Moderate
Title: Nutrition Screening and Assessment
3. An outpatient dietitian such as Debbie counsels clients after they have left the hospital. If Debbie wants to
obtain her clients’ food intake patterns, she may use all of the following tools except:
A) 24-hour recall.
B) food frequency questionnaire.
C) usual intake record.
D) food record.
Ans: C
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