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Test Bank for Williams Basic Nutrition and Diet Therapy 16th Edition by Nix William. 100% Verified answers| Rationales 1. Promoting a health care service that improves diabetes management for the elderly in a community would assist in which of the following? a. Supporting the national health goals Healthy People 2020 b. Reducing hunger in a subset of the United States population c. Improving Medicare reimbursement claims d. Providing access to primary health care services ANS: A Healthy People 2020 has a wide influence and is the focus of the nation’s main objective to promote health and prevent disease. DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 2 TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance 2. A patient requires a nutrition assessment. The most appropriate professional to perform the assessment is a a. physician. b. nurse. c. public health nutritionist. d. registered dietitian. ANS: D The registered dietitian is the nutrition expert registered with the Commission of Dietetic Registration (CDR), the certifying agency of Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Registered dietitians are the only professionals who have met strict educational and professional prerequisites and passed a national registration examination that properly prepares them to conduct a nutrition assessment. DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 1 TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care 3. The sum of all body processes inside living cells that sustain life and health is a. science. b. digestion. c. metabolism. d. nutrition. ANS: C Metabolism is the sum of all chemical changes that take place in the body. Metabolism provides energy, builds tissue, and regulates metabolic processes in the body. DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 3 TOP: Nursing Process: Planning MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Physiological Adaptation 4. The nutrients that provide the body with its primary source of fuel for energy are a. vitamins. b. minerals. c. fiber. d. carbohydrates. ANS: D Carbohydrates (e.g., starches and sugars) are the body’s primary fuel to carry out necessary processes; fat is the secondary source of energy. DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 4 TOP: Nursing Process: Planning MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Physiological Adaptation

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d. Providing access to primary health care services c c c c c c




ANS: A c




Healthy People 2020 has a wide influence and is the focus of the nation’s
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main objective to promote health and prevent disease.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Application TOP: Nursing c c Process:
Implementation MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
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2. A patient requires a nutrition assessment. The most appropriate professional
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to perform the assessment is a
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a. physician.
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3. The sum of all body processes inside living cells that sustain life and
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b. digestion.
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Metabolism provides energy, builds tissue, and regulates metabolic processes
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge TOP: cNursing Process:
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for energy are a. vitamins. c c c c c




b. minerals.
c. fiber.
d. carbohydrates.
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processes; fat is the secondary source of energy.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment MSC: NCLEX:
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b. Proteins are a necessary nutrient to provide energy for the body in times of stress.
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d. Proteins are essential to building and repairing tissues within the body.c c c c c c c c c c




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DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension TOP:
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6. A 65-year-old man requires 2000 kcal/day without any specific fat or carbohydrate requirements.
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b. 100–300
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7. The body’s main storage form of carbohydrate is
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b. glycerol.
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