Nutritional Foundations and Clinical Applications 7th Edition Grodner Test Bank
Chapter 02: Personal and Community Nutrition
Grodner et al.: Nutritional Foundations and Clinical Applications: A Nursing
Approach, 7th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A client tells you that he cannot eat most green vegetables because they taste too bitter. What
is the most likely explanation?
a. He has certain genetic taste markers that make him a “super taster.”
b. He associates eating green vegetables with unpleasant childhood memories.
c. He needs to train himself to enjoy the acquired taste of bitter vegetables.
d. He is making an excuse to avoid making healthful changes in his eating habits.
ANS: A
Some people have variations in genetic taste markers that make them “super tasters.” These
people often experience the taste of certain vegetables as being bitter. Environmental factors
such as childhood memories may also influence food choices but are not usually associated
with tasting vegetables as bitter. Tastes can be acquired and sometimes people make excuses
to avoid making changes, but these are less likely explanations for this particular problem.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Applying REF: Page 18
TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment MSC: Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
2. A teenaged client is hungry and goes to the refrigerator for a snack. A holiday has just been
celebrated at her home, and many of her favorite foods are available. She selects some slices
of roast turkey and a cup of her aunt’s special fruit salad. This is an example of
a. bingeing.
N R I G B.C M
b. abundance.
c. food choice.
d. food preference.
ANS: D
This teenager is able to select foods according to her preferences. Food choices are restricted
by convenience, but many of her favorite foods are available, and so her choices are not
limited. The food is abundant, and she may choose to binge and overeat, but her selections are
made according to her food preference.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Analyzing REF: Page 18
TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
3. A mother tells you that she does not allow her young children to eat while they watch
television, even though her husband often eats high-fat, sugary foods while they watch
television as a family. The most important thing to discuss with her is the
a. genetic factor of preference for sweet and salty tastes.
b. influence of ethnicity on preference for sour tastes.
c. children’s weights when they were born and their weights now.
d. environmental effects of parental food choices and television watching.
ANS: D
, Nutritional Foundations and Clinical Applications 7th Edition Grodner Test Bank
Because young children spend so much time with their families, their parents’ food choices
have a major effect on their own future food choices. Preventing young children from eating
while watching television will have only a short-term effect, and they are likely to imitate
their father in eating high-fat, high-sugar snacks. The father’s food preferences are probably
influenced by genetics and ethnicity, and it may be interesting to find out whether the
children’s current weights are healthy for their heights (although their birth weight is probably
not relevant), but this information has less immediate effect on the nutritional health of this
family.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Applying REF: Page 18 | Page 35
TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
4. If a middle-aged couple with two teenage children has insufficient income to purchase food,
the most helpful program for them would be the
a. MyPlate food guidance system.
b. National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs.
c. federal government’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
d. Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).
ANS: C
SNAP provides financial assistance to buy nutritious foods for individuals and families with
incomes below certain levels. WIC provides assistance only to women who are pregnant or
breastfeeding and to infants and children up to the age of 5 who are at nutritional risk. School
meal programs would benefit the children but not the adults. MyPlate would help the family
make healthy food choices but would not help with their financial problems.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Applying REF: Pag e 18 | Page 19 | Page 21
N R I
TOP: Nursing Process: PlanningU MSC: GOB.Needs:
T Client C Health
M Promotion and Maintenance
5. For most Americans, the most significant nutrition concerns are
a. lack of interest in making healthy food choices.
b. poor availability of fruits and vegetables in many areas.
c. excessive intake of saturated fats, cholesterol, sodium, and sugars.
d. inadequate intake of key vitamins, minerals, and phytochemicals.
ANS: C
Most Americans have high intake of saturated fats, cholesterol, sodium, and sugars, which is
associated with increased prevalence of chronic disease. Many people have inadequate intake
of micronutrients, but this has a lesser overall effect than excessive intakes of fats, sodium,
and sugars. Some areas of the country have poor availability of fruits and vegetables, but this
is not a widespread problem in the country as a whole. Many Americans express at least some
concern about making healthy food choices.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding REF: Pages 18-20 | Page 30
TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment MSC: Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
6. Excessive intake of high-sodium, high-fat foods can lead to diet-related illnesses such as
a. genetic disorders, hypertension, and diabetes.
b. hypertension and sickle cell anemia.
c. viral infections that necessitate antibiotics.
d. coronary artery disease and hypertension.
Chapter 02: Personal and Community Nutrition
Grodner et al.: Nutritional Foundations and Clinical Applications: A Nursing
Approach, 7th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A client tells you that he cannot eat most green vegetables because they taste too bitter. What
is the most likely explanation?
a. He has certain genetic taste markers that make him a “super taster.”
b. He associates eating green vegetables with unpleasant childhood memories.
c. He needs to train himself to enjoy the acquired taste of bitter vegetables.
d. He is making an excuse to avoid making healthful changes in his eating habits.
ANS: A
Some people have variations in genetic taste markers that make them “super tasters.” These
people often experience the taste of certain vegetables as being bitter. Environmental factors
such as childhood memories may also influence food choices but are not usually associated
with tasting vegetables as bitter. Tastes can be acquired and sometimes people make excuses
to avoid making changes, but these are less likely explanations for this particular problem.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Applying REF: Page 18
TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment MSC: Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
2. A teenaged client is hungry and goes to the refrigerator for a snack. A holiday has just been
celebrated at her home, and many of her favorite foods are available. She selects some slices
of roast turkey and a cup of her aunt’s special fruit salad. This is an example of
a. bingeing.
N R I G B.C M
b. abundance.
c. food choice.
d. food preference.
ANS: D
This teenager is able to select foods according to her preferences. Food choices are restricted
by convenience, but many of her favorite foods are available, and so her choices are not
limited. The food is abundant, and she may choose to binge and overeat, but her selections are
made according to her food preference.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Analyzing REF: Page 18
TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
3. A mother tells you that she does not allow her young children to eat while they watch
television, even though her husband often eats high-fat, sugary foods while they watch
television as a family. The most important thing to discuss with her is the
a. genetic factor of preference for sweet and salty tastes.
b. influence of ethnicity on preference for sour tastes.
c. children’s weights when they were born and their weights now.
d. environmental effects of parental food choices and television watching.
ANS: D
, Nutritional Foundations and Clinical Applications 7th Edition Grodner Test Bank
Because young children spend so much time with their families, their parents’ food choices
have a major effect on their own future food choices. Preventing young children from eating
while watching television will have only a short-term effect, and they are likely to imitate
their father in eating high-fat, high-sugar snacks. The father’s food preferences are probably
influenced by genetics and ethnicity, and it may be interesting to find out whether the
children’s current weights are healthy for their heights (although their birth weight is probably
not relevant), but this information has less immediate effect on the nutritional health of this
family.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Applying REF: Page 18 | Page 35
TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
4. If a middle-aged couple with two teenage children has insufficient income to purchase food,
the most helpful program for them would be the
a. MyPlate food guidance system.
b. National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs.
c. federal government’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
d. Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).
ANS: C
SNAP provides financial assistance to buy nutritious foods for individuals and families with
incomes below certain levels. WIC provides assistance only to women who are pregnant or
breastfeeding and to infants and children up to the age of 5 who are at nutritional risk. School
meal programs would benefit the children but not the adults. MyPlate would help the family
make healthy food choices but would not help with their financial problems.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Applying REF: Pag e 18 | Page 19 | Page 21
N R I
TOP: Nursing Process: PlanningU MSC: GOB.Needs:
T Client C Health
M Promotion and Maintenance
5. For most Americans, the most significant nutrition concerns are
a. lack of interest in making healthy food choices.
b. poor availability of fruits and vegetables in many areas.
c. excessive intake of saturated fats, cholesterol, sodium, and sugars.
d. inadequate intake of key vitamins, minerals, and phytochemicals.
ANS: C
Most Americans have high intake of saturated fats, cholesterol, sodium, and sugars, which is
associated with increased prevalence of chronic disease. Many people have inadequate intake
of micronutrients, but this has a lesser overall effect than excessive intakes of fats, sodium,
and sugars. Some areas of the country have poor availability of fruits and vegetables, but this
is not a widespread problem in the country as a whole. Many Americans express at least some
concern about making healthy food choices.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding REF: Pages 18-20 | Page 30
TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment MSC: Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
6. Excessive intake of high-sodium, high-fat foods can lead to diet-related illnesses such as
a. genetic disorders, hypertension, and diabetes.
b. hypertension and sickle cell anemia.
c. viral infections that necessitate antibiotics.
d. coronary artery disease and hypertension.
