MDU MIDTERM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
The Dietary Guideline for Americans is Federally approved to provide nutritional
education and guidance to Americans starting at which of the following ages? - Answers
:2
A characteristic of foods and beverages that provide vitamins, minerals, and other
substances that contribute to adequate intakes is a term referred to as which of the
following? - Answers :Nutrient dense
Food Group - Fatty acids and vitamin E - Answers :Oils
Food Group - Calcium, Vitamin E, & Vitamin D - Answers :Dairy
Food Group - Dietary fiber, iron, & zinc - Answers :Grains
Food Group - B vitamins - Answers :Protein
Roles associated with the development of the DGA? - Answers :Dietary Guidelines
Advisory Committee, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Department
of Agriculture
The medical term amenorrhea is defined to be the absence of at least how many
menstrual cycles? - Answers :Three
Which of the following eating disorders has the highest mortality rate? - Answers
:Anorexia nervosa
Genes account for approximately how much of the variance in eating disorders? -
Answers :40-60%
Which of the following is currently the established form of treatment for adolescent AN?
- Answers :Family-based therapy
______ risks factors are shown to be stronger predictors of dieting and disordered
eating behavior in adolescence than socioenvironmental risks factors. - Answers
:Internal or personal
Meal behavior with GREATER frequency associated with AN patients compared to
healthy controls. - Answers :Staring at food, nibbling/picking, dissecting food,
inappropriate utensil use, and tearing food.
Meal behavior with LOWER frequency associated with AN patients compared to healthy
controls. - Answers :Hand fidgeting and napkin use.
, Meal behavior with NO frequency associated with AN patients compared to healthy
controls. - Answers :Arranging food and cutting food.
What are some ritual mealtime behaviors? - Answers :Increased meal anxiety,
decreased caloric intake, and decreased dietary energy density.
What is the most co-occuring psychiatric diagnosis among adults with AN? - Answers
:Major depressive disorder
Maladaptive perfectionism is strongly associated with ______. - Answers :Dietary
restraint, eating disorder preoccupations, and ...
Which emotion has been found to be better recognized by AN patients compared to
healthy controls? - Answers :Disgust
Patients with severe AN have been shown to mislabel happy faces as neutral and
neutral faces as ______. - Answers :Sad or angry
According to the study investigating meal patterning in BN treatment, an increase to
which of the following significantly decreased binge eating and purging behaviors in BN
patients? - Answers :Evening meal consumption
Which of the following times of the day have been observed as a high-risk period for
purging behavior? - Answers :11 am- 1pm
Purging behavior risk time - Answers :Mid-day
Binge eating behavior risk time - Answers :Evening
Decreased mid-morning snack & lunch consumption - Answers :Decreases purging
In Francisco and colleagues' 2014 factor analysis of BN, which of the following was
identified as a core component of BN? - Answers :Body dissatisfaction/eating behaviors
Emotional instability specifically integrates all of these: - Answers :Self-defeating
personality traits, borderline personality traits, impulsivity, depressive symptoms
BN patients are most likely to be affected by which of the following? - Answers
:Borderline personality traits and impulsive personality traits
Which of the following was an unpredicted retrospective correlate of BN in the case-
control study? - Answers :Deliberate self-harm
Low interpersonal self-esteem and depressive affect are found to be significantly
associated with which of the following risk factors for binge eating episodes? - Answers
:Neuroticism
The Dietary Guideline for Americans is Federally approved to provide nutritional
education and guidance to Americans starting at which of the following ages? - Answers
:2
A characteristic of foods and beverages that provide vitamins, minerals, and other
substances that contribute to adequate intakes is a term referred to as which of the
following? - Answers :Nutrient dense
Food Group - Fatty acids and vitamin E - Answers :Oils
Food Group - Calcium, Vitamin E, & Vitamin D - Answers :Dairy
Food Group - Dietary fiber, iron, & zinc - Answers :Grains
Food Group - B vitamins - Answers :Protein
Roles associated with the development of the DGA? - Answers :Dietary Guidelines
Advisory Committee, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Department
of Agriculture
The medical term amenorrhea is defined to be the absence of at least how many
menstrual cycles? - Answers :Three
Which of the following eating disorders has the highest mortality rate? - Answers
:Anorexia nervosa
Genes account for approximately how much of the variance in eating disorders? -
Answers :40-60%
Which of the following is currently the established form of treatment for adolescent AN?
- Answers :Family-based therapy
______ risks factors are shown to be stronger predictors of dieting and disordered
eating behavior in adolescence than socioenvironmental risks factors. - Answers
:Internal or personal
Meal behavior with GREATER frequency associated with AN patients compared to
healthy controls. - Answers :Staring at food, nibbling/picking, dissecting food,
inappropriate utensil use, and tearing food.
Meal behavior with LOWER frequency associated with AN patients compared to healthy
controls. - Answers :Hand fidgeting and napkin use.
, Meal behavior with NO frequency associated with AN patients compared to healthy
controls. - Answers :Arranging food and cutting food.
What are some ritual mealtime behaviors? - Answers :Increased meal anxiety,
decreased caloric intake, and decreased dietary energy density.
What is the most co-occuring psychiatric diagnosis among adults with AN? - Answers
:Major depressive disorder
Maladaptive perfectionism is strongly associated with ______. - Answers :Dietary
restraint, eating disorder preoccupations, and ...
Which emotion has been found to be better recognized by AN patients compared to
healthy controls? - Answers :Disgust
Patients with severe AN have been shown to mislabel happy faces as neutral and
neutral faces as ______. - Answers :Sad or angry
According to the study investigating meal patterning in BN treatment, an increase to
which of the following significantly decreased binge eating and purging behaviors in BN
patients? - Answers :Evening meal consumption
Which of the following times of the day have been observed as a high-risk period for
purging behavior? - Answers :11 am- 1pm
Purging behavior risk time - Answers :Mid-day
Binge eating behavior risk time - Answers :Evening
Decreased mid-morning snack & lunch consumption - Answers :Decreases purging
In Francisco and colleagues' 2014 factor analysis of BN, which of the following was
identified as a core component of BN? - Answers :Body dissatisfaction/eating behaviors
Emotional instability specifically integrates all of these: - Answers :Self-defeating
personality traits, borderline personality traits, impulsivity, depressive symptoms
BN patients are most likely to be affected by which of the following? - Answers
:Borderline personality traits and impulsive personality traits
Which of the following was an unpredicted retrospective correlate of BN in the case-
control study? - Answers :Deliberate self-harm
Low interpersonal self-esteem and depressive affect are found to be significantly
associated with which of the following risk factors for binge eating episodes? - Answers
:Neuroticism
