WGU C787 EXAMS SCRIPT 2025/2026 ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Name of group that studies food security in developing countries - ✔✔Economic
Research Service
✔✔What is the supplement Noortropine used for - ✔✔improved cognition
✔✔RDA - ✔✔The EAR is used to calculate?
✔✔DRI - ✔✔A set of for nutrient-based reference values including EAR, RDA, TUIL,
and AI.
✔✔True - ✔✔If there is no EAR for a nutrient, there can be no RDA.
✔✔AI (adequate intake) - ✔✔If no EAR/RDA is available for a nutrient what is used
instead as a guideline?
✔✔DRIs - ✔✔The _____ are specified on age, gender, and life stage, and cover more
than 40 nutrient substances.
✔✔EAR (estimated average requirement) - ✔✔Is the median usual intake value
estimated to meet the requirements of half of the healthy individuals. It is based on
scientific criteria and evidence.
✔✔< 10% - ✔✔How many calories per day from added sugars should you consume?
✔✔< 10% - ✔✔How many calories per day from saturated fats should you consume?
✔✔150 minutes of moderate or 75 minutes of vigorous physical activity - ✔✔How much
exercise should you get each week?
✔✔Rickets - ✔✔A disease of Vitamin D or Calcium deficiency (poor bone growth
leading to bowing of legs).
✔✔Iron deficiency anemia in infancy - ✔✔Significant developmental deficits, language
deficits, poor motor skills and balance, poor attention/responsiveness/mood (all partially
reversible with supplementation)
✔✔BMI calculation - ✔✔(lbs X 703) / (inches X inches)
✔✔How is the EAR commonly used? - ✔✔To guide recommendations and menu
planning for communities, in combination with upper intake levels
, ✔✔ZERO - ✔✔What is the DRI for trans fat and added sugar?
✔✔dark leafy greens, legumes, red meat, nuts - ✔✔Foods that are high in iron.
✔✔< 120 mg/dL - ✔✔Recommended LDL level to reduce the risk of heart
disease/stroke.
✔✔< 30 mg - ✔✔Recommended cholesterol level to reduce the risk of heart
disease/stroke.
✔✔< 7% - ✔✔Recommended saturated fat daily fat percentage to reduce the risk of
heart disease/stroke.
✔✔insoluble - ✔✔What type of fiber you should increase
✔✔infertility, osteoporosis, premature death - ✔✔With a low BMI you are at an
increased risk for?
✔✔heart disease, DM-2, premature death, osteoarthritis, sleep apnea - ✔✔What health
risks increase with BMI?
✔✔Ergogenic aids - ✔✔Anything that increases activity performance (such as protein
powder)
✔✔Thiamine - ✔✔What nutrient do adolescents have an increased need for, relative to
adults?
✔✔A, D, E, & K - ✔✔What are the fat soluble vitamins which are dangerous to consume
in large quantities because there's no efficient way to get rid of them?
✔✔Galactogogue - ✔✔What supplement helps breast milk production?
✔✔Nootropic - ✔✔Which supplements help with cognition?
✔✔Thiamine (B1) deficiency - ✔✔Beriberi (nerve and heart problems)
✔✔Vitamin A deficinecy - ✔✔Can cause blindness in young children
✔✔Food Insecurity - ✔✔A limited ability to acquire nutritionally adequate food in a
socially acceptable way.
✔✔Contributing factors to global hunger - ✔✔What is true of food waste and
overpopulation?
QUESTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Name of group that studies food security in developing countries - ✔✔Economic
Research Service
✔✔What is the supplement Noortropine used for - ✔✔improved cognition
✔✔RDA - ✔✔The EAR is used to calculate?
✔✔DRI - ✔✔A set of for nutrient-based reference values including EAR, RDA, TUIL,
and AI.
✔✔True - ✔✔If there is no EAR for a nutrient, there can be no RDA.
✔✔AI (adequate intake) - ✔✔If no EAR/RDA is available for a nutrient what is used
instead as a guideline?
✔✔DRIs - ✔✔The _____ are specified on age, gender, and life stage, and cover more
than 40 nutrient substances.
✔✔EAR (estimated average requirement) - ✔✔Is the median usual intake value
estimated to meet the requirements of half of the healthy individuals. It is based on
scientific criteria and evidence.
✔✔< 10% - ✔✔How many calories per day from added sugars should you consume?
✔✔< 10% - ✔✔How many calories per day from saturated fats should you consume?
✔✔150 minutes of moderate or 75 minutes of vigorous physical activity - ✔✔How much
exercise should you get each week?
✔✔Rickets - ✔✔A disease of Vitamin D or Calcium deficiency (poor bone growth
leading to bowing of legs).
✔✔Iron deficiency anemia in infancy - ✔✔Significant developmental deficits, language
deficits, poor motor skills and balance, poor attention/responsiveness/mood (all partially
reversible with supplementation)
✔✔BMI calculation - ✔✔(lbs X 703) / (inches X inches)
✔✔How is the EAR commonly used? - ✔✔To guide recommendations and menu
planning for communities, in combination with upper intake levels
, ✔✔ZERO - ✔✔What is the DRI for trans fat and added sugar?
✔✔dark leafy greens, legumes, red meat, nuts - ✔✔Foods that are high in iron.
✔✔< 120 mg/dL - ✔✔Recommended LDL level to reduce the risk of heart
disease/stroke.
✔✔< 30 mg - ✔✔Recommended cholesterol level to reduce the risk of heart
disease/stroke.
✔✔< 7% - ✔✔Recommended saturated fat daily fat percentage to reduce the risk of
heart disease/stroke.
✔✔insoluble - ✔✔What type of fiber you should increase
✔✔infertility, osteoporosis, premature death - ✔✔With a low BMI you are at an
increased risk for?
✔✔heart disease, DM-2, premature death, osteoarthritis, sleep apnea - ✔✔What health
risks increase with BMI?
✔✔Ergogenic aids - ✔✔Anything that increases activity performance (such as protein
powder)
✔✔Thiamine - ✔✔What nutrient do adolescents have an increased need for, relative to
adults?
✔✔A, D, E, & K - ✔✔What are the fat soluble vitamins which are dangerous to consume
in large quantities because there's no efficient way to get rid of them?
✔✔Galactogogue - ✔✔What supplement helps breast milk production?
✔✔Nootropic - ✔✔Which supplements help with cognition?
✔✔Thiamine (B1) deficiency - ✔✔Beriberi (nerve and heart problems)
✔✔Vitamin A deficinecy - ✔✔Can cause blindness in young children
✔✔Food Insecurity - ✔✔A limited ability to acquire nutritionally adequate food in a
socially acceptable way.
✔✔Contributing factors to global hunger - ✔✔What is true of food waste and
overpopulation?
