PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION REVIEW EXAM 1

1. The goals of public health nutrition are:

• 1. I. To supply people with food, shelter and clothing

• II. To provide free health services

• 1. III. To develop people's self reliance

• IV. To provide the proper environment for nutritional health

1. The study of the relationship between man and his environment

• 1. Epidemiology

• 1. Etiology

• 1. Ecology

• 1. Entomology

1. Acute malnutrition:

• 1. Happens for a long period of time

• Is manifested by low height for age

• 1. Produces irreversible impairment to the brain

• 1. Is related to the current state of malnutrition

1. Effects of malnutrition:

• 1. Increase life span

• 1. Improve national development

• 1. Impaired physical and mental development

• 1. Decreased susceptibility to infection

1. Obesity is a predisposing factor to diseases such as:

• 1. I. Hypertension

• 1. II. Some cancers

• 1. III. Gallstone

• 1. IV. Type I diabetes Mellitus

1. The pathological state resulting from an inadequate intake of food over an extended period of time

• 1. Specific deficiency

• 1. Imbalance

• 1. Undernutrition

• 1. Overnutrition

1. A form of malnutrition which results from a relative lack or absolute deficiency of one nutrient

• 1. Undernutrition

• 1. Overnutrition

• 1. Specific deficiency

• 1. Nutrient imbalance

1. The first sign of vitamin A deficiency

• 1. Night blindness

• 1. Corneal scars

• 1. Keratomalacia

• 1. Bitot's spot

1. According to cause, kwashiorkor is due to:

• 1. Secondary malnutrition

• 1. Both primary and secondary malnutrition

• 1. Primary malnutrition

• 1. Neither primary or secondary malnutrition

 

1. Used as an indicator of thinness and overweight among adolescents and adults

• 1. Body mass index

• 1. MUAC

• 1. knee height

• 1. Skinfold thickness