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Chapter 01: Food, Nutrition, and Health
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Nix: Williams’ Basic Nutrition and Diet Therapy, 16th Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE jp
1. Promoting a health care service that improves diabetes management for the elderly in a
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community would assist in which of the following?
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c. Improving Medicare reimbursement claims jp jp jp
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ANS: A j p
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o promote health and prevent disease.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Application jp jp
TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion
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and Maintenance
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2. A patient requires a nutrition assessment. The most appropriate professional to perform the
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a. physician.
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The registered dietitian is the nutrition expert registered with the Com
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ssion of Dietetic Registration (CDR), the certifying agency of Academy of Nutrition and Di
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etetics.
Registered dietitians are the only professionals who have met strict educational and professi
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onal prerequisites and passed a national registration exa
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nation that properly prepares them to conduct a nutrition assessment.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Application jp jp
TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective
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3. The sum of all body processes inside living cells that sustain life and health is
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a. science.
b. digestion.
c. metabolism.
d. nutrition.
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cal changes that take place in the body. Metabolism provides energy, builds tissue, and regul
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ates metabolic processes in the body.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge jp jp
TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Inte
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grity: Physiological Adaptation
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4. The nutrients that provide the body with its primary source of fuel for energy are
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b. nerals.
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d. carbohydrates.
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Carbohydrates (e.g., starches and sugars) are the body’s primary fuel to carry out necessar
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y processes; fat is the secondary source of energy.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge jp jp
TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Inte
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grity: Physiological Adaptation
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5. Which of the following is the most accurate statement regarding the functions of protein?
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a. Proteins can be a primary fuel source even if there is adequate carbohydrate intake.
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b. Proteins are a necessary nutrient to provide energy for the body in times of stress.
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c. Proteins can be used as coenzyme factors during cell metabolism. jp jp jp jp jp jp jp jp jp
d. Proteins are essential to building and repairing tissues within the body.
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ANS: D j p
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no acids, which are the building units necessary to building and repairing tissues within th
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e body. This is a constant process that ensures adequate growth and maintenance of tissues
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for a strong body.
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TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Inte
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grity: Physiological Adaptation
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6. A 65-year-
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old man requires 2000 kcal/day without any specific fat or carbohydrate requirements. Th
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e approximate number of kilocalories per day from fat that his diet should provide is
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kcal/day.
a. 400–700
b. 100–300
c. 500–800
d. 900–1200
ANS: A j p
Fat should provide no more than 20% to 35% of the total kilocalories per day, so for a
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2000-kcal diet, 400–700 kcal should be provided.
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and Maintenance jp
7. The body’s main storage form of carbohydrate is
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a. glycogen.
b. glycerol.
c. glucagon.
d. glucose.
ANS: A j p
Glycogen is a polysaccharide that is the main storage form of carbohydrate in the human bod
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y. It is mainly stored in the liver and to a lesser extent in muscle tissue.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge jp jp
TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Inte
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Chapter 01: Food, Nutrition, and Health
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Nix: Williams’ Basic Nutrition and Diet Therapy, 16th Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE jp
1. Promoting a health care service that improves diabetes management for the elderly in a
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community would assist in which of the following?
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a. Supporting the national health goals Healthy People 2020 jp jp jp jp jp jp jp
b. Reducing hunger in a subset of the United States population jp jp jp jp jp jp jp jp jp
c. Improving Medicare reimbursement claims jp jp jp
d. Providing access to primary health care services jp jp jp jp jp jp
ANS: A j p
Healthy People 2020 has a wide influence and is the focus of the nation’s main objective t
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o promote health and prevent disease.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Application jp jp
TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion
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and Maintenance
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2. A patient requires a nutrition assessment. The most appropriate professional to perform the
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assessment is a jp jp
a. physician.
b. nurse.
c. public health nutritionist. jp jp
d. registered dietitian. jp
ANS: D j p
The registered dietitian is the nutrition expert registered with the Com
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ssion of Dietetic Registration (CDR), the certifying agency of Academy of Nutrition and Di
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etetics.
Registered dietitians are the only professionals who have met strict educational and professi
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onal prerequisites and passed a national registration exa
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nation that properly prepares them to conduct a nutrition assessment.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Application jp jp
TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective
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3. The sum of all body processes inside living cells that sustain life and health is
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a. science.
b. digestion.
c. metabolism.
d. nutrition.
ANS: C j p
Metabolism is the sum of all che jp jp jp jp jp jp
cal changes that take place in the body. Metabolism provides energy, builds tissue, and regul
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ates metabolic processes in the body.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge jp jp
TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Inte
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grity: Physiological Adaptation
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4. The nutrients that provide the body with its primary source of fuel for energy are
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a. vita ns.
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b. nerals.
c. fiber.
d. carbohydrates.
ANS: D j p
Carbohydrates (e.g., starches and sugars) are the body’s primary fuel to carry out necessar
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y processes; fat is the secondary source of energy.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge jp jp
TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Inte
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grity: Physiological Adaptation
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5. Which of the following is the most accurate statement regarding the functions of protein?
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a. Proteins can be a primary fuel source even if there is adequate carbohydrate intake.
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b. Proteins are a necessary nutrient to provide energy for the body in times of stress.
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c. Proteins can be used as coenzyme factors during cell metabolism. jp jp jp jp jp jp jp jp jp
d. Proteins are essential to building and repairing tissues within the body.
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ANS: D j p
The primary function of proteins is to provide a
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no acids, which are the building units necessary to building and repairing tissues within th
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e body. This is a constant process that ensures adequate growth and maintenance of tissues
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for a strong body.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension jp jp
TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Inte
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grity: Physiological Adaptation
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6. A 65-year-
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old man requires 2000 kcal/day without any specific fat or carbohydrate requirements. Th
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e approximate number of kilocalories per day from fat that his diet should provide is
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kcal/day.
a. 400–700
b. 100–300
c. 500–800
d. 900–1200
ANS: A j p
Fat should provide no more than 20% to 35% of the total kilocalories per day, so for a
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2000-kcal diet, 400–700 kcal should be provided.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Application jp jp
TOP: Nursing Process: Planning MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion j p jp jp jp j p jp jp jp
and Maintenance jp
7. The body’s main storage form of carbohydrate is
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a. glycogen.
b. glycerol.
c. glucagon.
d. glucose.
ANS: A j p
Glycogen is a polysaccharide that is the main storage form of carbohydrate in the human bod
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y. It is mainly stored in the liver and to a lesser extent in muscle tissue.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge jp jp
TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Inte
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