Deck 9: Growing a Healthier Nation: Maternal, Infant, Child, and Adolescent Nutrition With an Emphasis on Childhood Overweight

Question 1

The primary nutrition messages for women in their childbearing years relate to weight management, nutritional intake, and alcohol intake.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

BMI in the normal weight range for women is 18.5-24.9.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Women who are pregnant should consume 15 g. of additional protein for all 3 trimesters.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

If a pregnant woman is lactose-intolerant, vitamin D and calcium can be avoided for the 9-month period.

Question 5

Recommended weight gains in a teen pregnancy may be slightly higher than suggested for adults.

Question 6

Breast-feeding is on the rise in the US.

Question 7

Breast-fed infants have a lower basal insulin levels causing more normal growth patterns.

Question 8

Fetal iron stores are depleted by 1 year.

Question 9

Toddlers have a growth spurt comparable to the adolescent years.

Question 10

Brain growth is 75% complete by age 2.

Question 11

Which of the following is not an evidenced-based recommendation for childhood overweight?

A) Increase physical activity
B) Increase fruit and vegetable consumption
C) Decrease carbohydrates
D) Decrease television viewing

Question 12

Which of the following is not a population-based service for a public health nutritionist?

A) Developing partnerships and coalition
B) Educating families in clinics on healthy eating
C) Working with the media to develop a social marketing campaign
D) Assisting schools to develop policies on nutrition and physical activity.

Question 13

When developing a survey, what should you consider?

A) Use "yes" or "no" questions
B) Use fill-in-the-blanks questions
C) Use focus group interviews
D) Use multiple choice answers

Question 14

Excessive physical inactivity is related to all of the following except:

A) One or more hours of television viewing
B) Long hours using the computer
C) Decrease recess and physical education classes in the schools
D) Unsafe neighborhoods

Question 15

A good grant application should:

A) Have a large percentage of the budget for staffing
B) Describe the project in detail
C) Share resources, focus on capacity building, encourage sustainability, and be written concisely
D) Follow the agency's guidelines

Question 16

Which parenting behaviors may predispose children to become overweight?

A) Parents attempting to shape a child's behavior with food rewards
B) Mother or caregiver displaying her own dis-inhibited eating patterns
C) Offering nutritious snacks between meals to a preschool child
D) Both A and B

Question 17

While childhood overweight/obesity is a problem among many age, gender, ethnic, and racial subgroups, which of the following groups are generally affected to a greater degree?

A) African American girls living in the Northeast
B) White girls living in the South
C) Boys, Hispanics, and those living in the South
D) Asian immigrants living in inner cities

Question 18

The 2000 Actual Causes of Death Report from the CDC listed tobacco use as the leading cause of annual deaths at 18.1%. The second leading cause(s) of death was/were:

A) Poor diet and lack of physical activity at 16.1%
B) Cancer at 17.5%
C) Gastrointestinal disease at 14.3%
D) Stroke and hypertension at 12.8%

Question 19

Which environmental and lifestyle factors are thought to have contributed to our rising childhood overweight and obesity rates?

A) A relative abundance of energy-dense foods and decreased physical activity
B) Advertising of fad diets that do not work
C) Dietary changes affecting calcium, fruit, vegetable, and fiber intakes
D) Both A and C

Question 20

How may breast-feeding be protective for childhood overweight?

A) Breast-fed infants tend to exhibit a more normal growth pattern than formula-fed infants.
B) Breast-feeding allows the infant to regulate energy intake according to their needs.
C) Variety in the mother's diet exposes infant to different flavors, which may ease acceptance of new foods such as fruits and vegetables later.
D) All of the above.

Question 21

The Healthy People 2020 Nutrition-Related Maternal Child Health Objectives include all of the following except:

A) Reduce fetal and infant deaths
B) Reduce maternal deaths
C) Reduce maternal illness and complications due to pregnancy
D) Reduce prenatal care

Question 22

Prenatal substance exposure can occur from each of the following except:

A) Saccharin
B) Alcohol
C) Cigarettes
D) Illicit drugs

Question 23

Good maternal health is dependent on maintaining adequate intake of all nutrients, with special attention to all of the following except:

A) Iron
B) Citric acid
C) Calcium
D) Vitamin D

Question 24

Each of the below has an impact on infant development, except:

A) Avoiding alcohol
B) Monitoring medical conditions, such as diabetes and hypertension
C) Sun exposure
D) Stopping smoking

Question 25

Special conditions in pregnancy include all of the following except:

A) Adolescent pregnancy
B) Gestational diabetes
C) Religious eating practices
D) Eating disorders

Question 26

Nutrition education includes teaching about all of the following except:

A) Eating patterns
B) Childcare programs
C) Lead exposure
D) All are important topics in nutrition education

Question 27

Nutrition education includes teaching about all of the following except:

A) Physical activity
B) Family mealtime
C) School-based growth screening
D) All are important topics in nutrition education

Question 28

Changes proposed in the chapter to WIC for better client service include better:

A) Office procedures
B) WIC food package
C) WIC nutrition education
D) All of the above

Question 29

The following are public health nutrition programs except:

A) McDonald's Playground
B) Bright Futures
C) Start Healthy, Stay Healthy
D) Both B and C

Question 30

Which is not a concern of adolescent pregnancy?

A) Physiological changes
B) Psychological changes
C) Food habits
D) Attending school