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WGU D440 - Health and Wellness Through Nutritional
Science Questions And Correct Answers 2024/2025
1. Which are the preferred reference values for evaluating diets in healthy
people?: Dietary reference intakes
2. The nurse is helping a group of patients understand changes with aging. At
what age do nutrient requirements change?: 50 years
3. What is the correct term for the discipline that applies nutrition science to
promote human health and treat disease?: Dietetics
4. An older woman is asking which special nutrient she should consume
as she ages. Which nutrient or food is important to include in her menu
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plan?: Foods fortified with vitamin B12
5. The nurse is updating teaching material to match the 2010 dietary reference
intakes (DRIs). Which nutrient DRIs were increased to promote bone health?-
: Calcium and vitamin D
6. An older patient with heart failure is reviewing menu options and wants to
reduce sodium intake. What is the recommended daily sodium intake?: 1500
mg/day
7. Which is a recommendation from "Choose MyPlate's 10 Tips to a Great
Plate: Make half your grains whole grains.
8. To sustain life, the nutrients in food must perform which 3 functions in the
body?: Build tissue
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WGU D440 - Health and Wellness Through Nutritional
Science Questions And Correct Answers 2024/2025
1. Which are the preferred reference values for evaluating diets in healthy
people?: Dietary reference intakes
2. The nurse is helping a group of patients understand changes with aging. At
what age do nutrient requirements change?: 50 years
3. What is the correct term for the discipline that applies nutrition science to
promote human health and treat disease?: Dietetics
4. An older woman is asking which special nutrient she should consume
as she ages. Which nutrient or food is important to include in her menu
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1 of 7 30/08/2024, 18
,WGU D440 - Health and Wellness Through Nutritional Science Questi... file:///C:/Users/Pavilion/Desktop/New%20folder%20(4)/WGU%20D
plan?: Foods fortified with vitamin B12
5. The nurse is updating teaching material to match the 2010 dietary reference
intakes (DRIs). Which nutrient DRIs were increased to promote bone health?-
: Calcium and vitamin D
6. An older patient with heart failure is reviewing menu options and wants to
reduce sodium intake. What is the recommended daily sodium intake?: 1500
mg/day
7. Which is a recommendation from "Choose MyPlate's 10 Tips to a Great
Plate: Make half your grains whole grains.
8. To sustain life, the nutrients in food must perform which 3 functions in the
body?: Build tissue
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