NSD 225 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Prolactin - Correct Answers -Stimulates milk production
Oxytocin - Correct Answers -Stimulates let-down (release of milk)
Colostrum: first milk - Correct Answers -- Thick, yellow fluid produced during late
pregnancy and few days after birth
- Contains antibodies, immune-system cells and Lactobacillus bifidus factor
- Provides protection to infant against infections
Facilitates the passage of 1st stool (meconium)
Anorexia Nervosa - Correct Answers -- Self-starvation, a distorted body image, and
abnormally low body weight
- Desire to be thin causes decreased food intake
- Overwhelming fear of gaining weight, even if already underweight
- Characterized by severe weight loss, amenorrhea, constipation, and restlessness
- Behaviors contribute to the maintenance of a body weight that is ≥ 15% below normal
- Affects about 1% of U.S. female adolescents
Bulimia Nervosa - Correct Answers -- Consumption of a large amount of food at one
time (binge eating) followed by purging
- Powerful urges to overeat with a morbid fear of becoming fat
- Characterized by intense fear of becoming fat, negative body image, and distorted
perception of body size
- Behaviors include semi-starvation interrupted by periods of gorging followed by
behaviors to eliminate extra calories and prevent weight gain
Binge-Eating Disorder - Correct Answers -- Recurrent episodes of binge eating in the
absence of purging behavior
- Engage in recurrent binge eating episodes but do not regularly engage in purging
behaviors
- Most common eating disorder
Life Expectancy - Correct Answers -- Average length of life for a population
- In the US = 77.9 years
, Healthy life expectancy - Correct Answers -Only about 70 years; on average, last 8
years restricted by disease and disability
Aging - Correct Answers -- Accumulation of changes associated with and responsible
for an ever-increasing susceptibility to disease and death
- Loss of cells and cell function occurs throughout life, but effects are not felt for many
years because organisms start with more cells and cell function than needed
- Reduced ability to repair damage and resist infection
Life span - Correct Answers -- Maximum age to which members of a species can live
- Human = about 120 years
- How long individuals live and rate of aging determined by genes, lifestyle, and
avoiding accidents, disease, and environmental toxins
Famine - Correct Answers -- Widespread lack of food access resulting from a disaster
- Caused by drought, flood, crop destruction, wars, civic conflict
Nutrition Transition - Correct Answers -- A series of changes in diet, physical activity,
health and nutrition that occurs as poor countries become more prosperous
- Decreases low-birth-weight babies and infant mortality
- Increases life expectancy, chronic disease, natural resource use
Food Insecurity - Correct Answers -- A situation in which people lack adequate physical,
social, or economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food that meets their dietary
needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life
Food Security - Correct Answers -Access to enough food to sustain a healthy and active
life
Food Desert - Correct Answers -- An area that lacks access to affordable foods that
make up a healthy diet—fruits, vegetables, whole grains, low-fat milk
- High real estate prices in cities have driven supermarkets to the suburbs
- Small convenience stores in cities
Far from rural areas and migrant worker labor camps
Hormones that control the process of lactation - Correct Answers -1. Prolactin:
Stimulates milk production
2. Oxytocin: Stimulates let-down (release, ejection of milk)
How can you tell if a breastfed infant is well nourished? - Correct Answers -- Infant has
3 - 5 wet diapers a day
- Shows normal weight gain
- Pass stools per day that look like lumpy mustard
- Softening of breast tissue
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Prolactin - Correct Answers -Stimulates milk production
Oxytocin - Correct Answers -Stimulates let-down (release of milk)
Colostrum: first milk - Correct Answers -- Thick, yellow fluid produced during late
pregnancy and few days after birth
- Contains antibodies, immune-system cells and Lactobacillus bifidus factor
- Provides protection to infant against infections
Facilitates the passage of 1st stool (meconium)
Anorexia Nervosa - Correct Answers -- Self-starvation, a distorted body image, and
abnormally low body weight
- Desire to be thin causes decreased food intake
- Overwhelming fear of gaining weight, even if already underweight
- Characterized by severe weight loss, amenorrhea, constipation, and restlessness
- Behaviors contribute to the maintenance of a body weight that is ≥ 15% below normal
- Affects about 1% of U.S. female adolescents
Bulimia Nervosa - Correct Answers -- Consumption of a large amount of food at one
time (binge eating) followed by purging
- Powerful urges to overeat with a morbid fear of becoming fat
- Characterized by intense fear of becoming fat, negative body image, and distorted
perception of body size
- Behaviors include semi-starvation interrupted by periods of gorging followed by
behaviors to eliminate extra calories and prevent weight gain
Binge-Eating Disorder - Correct Answers -- Recurrent episodes of binge eating in the
absence of purging behavior
- Engage in recurrent binge eating episodes but do not regularly engage in purging
behaviors
- Most common eating disorder
Life Expectancy - Correct Answers -- Average length of life for a population
- In the US = 77.9 years
, Healthy life expectancy - Correct Answers -Only about 70 years; on average, last 8
years restricted by disease and disability
Aging - Correct Answers -- Accumulation of changes associated with and responsible
for an ever-increasing susceptibility to disease and death
- Loss of cells and cell function occurs throughout life, but effects are not felt for many
years because organisms start with more cells and cell function than needed
- Reduced ability to repair damage and resist infection
Life span - Correct Answers -- Maximum age to which members of a species can live
- Human = about 120 years
- How long individuals live and rate of aging determined by genes, lifestyle, and
avoiding accidents, disease, and environmental toxins
Famine - Correct Answers -- Widespread lack of food access resulting from a disaster
- Caused by drought, flood, crop destruction, wars, civic conflict
Nutrition Transition - Correct Answers -- A series of changes in diet, physical activity,
health and nutrition that occurs as poor countries become more prosperous
- Decreases low-birth-weight babies and infant mortality
- Increases life expectancy, chronic disease, natural resource use
Food Insecurity - Correct Answers -- A situation in which people lack adequate physical,
social, or economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food that meets their dietary
needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life
Food Security - Correct Answers -Access to enough food to sustain a healthy and active
life
Food Desert - Correct Answers -- An area that lacks access to affordable foods that
make up a healthy diet—fruits, vegetables, whole grains, low-fat milk
- High real estate prices in cities have driven supermarkets to the suburbs
- Small convenience stores in cities
Far from rural areas and migrant worker labor camps
Hormones that control the process of lactation - Correct Answers -1. Prolactin:
Stimulates milk production
2. Oxytocin: Stimulates let-down (release, ejection of milk)
How can you tell if a breastfed infant is well nourished? - Correct Answers -- Infant has
3 - 5 wet diapers a day
- Shows normal weight gain
- Pass stools per day that look like lumpy mustard
- Softening of breast tissue
