NUT1011 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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Under nutrition - ANSWER Inadequate levels over a period of time can lead to deficiency. Due
to inadequate intake or problems with processes for absorption or utilisation
Over Nutrition - ANSWER Excess levels over a period of time can lead to toxicity due to
inadequate intake or problems with processes for absorption or utilisation
Nutrition Assessment - ANSWER Collect, analyse and interpret information to detect the
existence of malnutrition and potential contributing factors
Medical History - ANSWER Component of nutrient assessment that includes current diseases,
past surgeries, weight history, current medications, smoking status and family health history
Anthropometry - ANSWER A component of nutrition assessment that is useful to compare
age and sex standards and to have trend information
Biochemical Tests - ANSWER A component nutrition assessment that includes blood/urine
samples, can identify deficiency early on and useful to compare standards of normal
populations and to have trend information
Clinical - ANSWER Component of nutrition assessment where physical changes to the
,appearance or function of the body.
Measuring Dietary Intake - ANSWER Seeks to determine what, how much, how it was
prepared, where and when
Determining Food Composition - ANSWER Seeks to determine which nutrients are in a food
and how much of each nutrient is in a food
Comparing against standards - ANSWER Standards provide a benchmark against which a diet
can be compared
Environmental assessment - ANSWER Socio-demographic information such as living
conditions, education level, ability to purchase transport and cook food and income
Indirect assessment via routinely collected data - ANSWER Information on food supply,
census data on composition of the population, birth and death rates, measures of growth and
body size
Population surveys and measures of health and risk factors - ANSWER Include DIA and other
methods of clinical, anthropometric and biochemical assessments
Use of surveys - ANSWER Establish changes in eating patterns over time and help develop
nutrition policy and dietary guidelines, nutrition education tools and food assistance
programs
,National Nutrition Survey - ANSWER 1995, 13800 people from all states and territories in Aus.
The first nationally representative Australian survey of food and nutrient intake, dietary habits
and body measures
Victorian Health Monitor - ANSWER 2009-10, 3653 people across Vic and aims to give a
snapshot of chronic disease and risk factors in Victorians
Australian Health Survey - ANSWER 2011-13, 32000 people from urban and rural areas in all
states and territories. Designed to collect a range of information about health related issues
Characteristics of a survey - ANSWER Relevance, responsiveness and comparability
24 hour recall - ANSWER Subjects are asked to recall and describe every item of food and
drink consumed over the preceding 24-hour period. Quantitative, requires a trained
individual, takes ~30min.
24 hour recall advantages - ANSWER - Recent memory may improve validity
- Low burden for respondent
- Allows quantitative assessment of individual food components with relatively little subject
burden
- Does not alter usual diet
No training effect
, 24 hour recall disadvantages - ANSWER - Only one day of intake - doesn't describe usual diet
for an individual
- Relatively expensive
- Relies on memory
- Underestimates usual intake
Beverages, sauces, condiments etc.
Diet History - ANSWER Aims to assess usual diet over the recent past. Includes a 24 hour
recall, assessment of usual intake and a checklist of foods/food groups
Diet History Advantages - ANSWER - A lot of information from a single interview
- Can identify seasonal variation
- Can identify differences between days of the week
- Can focus on particular items of interest
- Can be used for the remote past
Diet History Disadvantages - ANSWER - Quality of data for usual diet depends on the skill of
the interviewer
- Time consuming (can be 2+ hours)
- Expensive - because of time taken to collect and analyse
- Difficult to get information about day to day variation
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Under nutrition - ANSWER Inadequate levels over a period of time can lead to deficiency. Due
to inadequate intake or problems with processes for absorption or utilisation
Over Nutrition - ANSWER Excess levels over a period of time can lead to toxicity due to
inadequate intake or problems with processes for absorption or utilisation
Nutrition Assessment - ANSWER Collect, analyse and interpret information to detect the
existence of malnutrition and potential contributing factors
Medical History - ANSWER Component of nutrient assessment that includes current diseases,
past surgeries, weight history, current medications, smoking status and family health history
Anthropometry - ANSWER A component of nutrition assessment that is useful to compare
age and sex standards and to have trend information
Biochemical Tests - ANSWER A component nutrition assessment that includes blood/urine
samples, can identify deficiency early on and useful to compare standards of normal
populations and to have trend information
Clinical - ANSWER Component of nutrition assessment where physical changes to the
,appearance or function of the body.
Measuring Dietary Intake - ANSWER Seeks to determine what, how much, how it was
prepared, where and when
Determining Food Composition - ANSWER Seeks to determine which nutrients are in a food
and how much of each nutrient is in a food
Comparing against standards - ANSWER Standards provide a benchmark against which a diet
can be compared
Environmental assessment - ANSWER Socio-demographic information such as living
conditions, education level, ability to purchase transport and cook food and income
Indirect assessment via routinely collected data - ANSWER Information on food supply,
census data on composition of the population, birth and death rates, measures of growth and
body size
Population surveys and measures of health and risk factors - ANSWER Include DIA and other
methods of clinical, anthropometric and biochemical assessments
Use of surveys - ANSWER Establish changes in eating patterns over time and help develop
nutrition policy and dietary guidelines, nutrition education tools and food assistance
programs
,National Nutrition Survey - ANSWER 1995, 13800 people from all states and territories in Aus.
The first nationally representative Australian survey of food and nutrient intake, dietary habits
and body measures
Victorian Health Monitor - ANSWER 2009-10, 3653 people across Vic and aims to give a
snapshot of chronic disease and risk factors in Victorians
Australian Health Survey - ANSWER 2011-13, 32000 people from urban and rural areas in all
states and territories. Designed to collect a range of information about health related issues
Characteristics of a survey - ANSWER Relevance, responsiveness and comparability
24 hour recall - ANSWER Subjects are asked to recall and describe every item of food and
drink consumed over the preceding 24-hour period. Quantitative, requires a trained
individual, takes ~30min.
24 hour recall advantages - ANSWER - Recent memory may improve validity
- Low burden for respondent
- Allows quantitative assessment of individual food components with relatively little subject
burden
- Does not alter usual diet
No training effect
, 24 hour recall disadvantages - ANSWER - Only one day of intake - doesn't describe usual diet
for an individual
- Relatively expensive
- Relies on memory
- Underestimates usual intake
Beverages, sauces, condiments etc.
Diet History - ANSWER Aims to assess usual diet over the recent past. Includes a 24 hour
recall, assessment of usual intake and a checklist of foods/food groups
Diet History Advantages - ANSWER - A lot of information from a single interview
- Can identify seasonal variation
- Can identify differences between days of the week
- Can focus on particular items of interest
- Can be used for the remote past
Diet History Disadvantages - ANSWER - Quality of data for usual diet depends on the skill of
the interviewer
- Time consuming (can be 2+ hours)
- Expensive - because of time taken to collect and analyse
- Difficult to get information about day to day variation
