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WorksheetsNUTR412Ch02
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which records are considered vital statistics?
Birth date, age at death, age at marriage
Body weight, height, body mass index (BMI)
Family medical history of cancer, heart disease, diabetes
Serum cholesterol, hemoglobin, fasting blood glucose
To reduce congenital hearth defect (CHD) risk in the general population, epidemiological evidence supported the elimination of what type of fat from the diet?
Cholesterol
Polyunsaturated
All dietary fats
Trans
What is the interpretation for the statement, "Obese people have a relative risk of 4.0 for myocardial infarction as compared with non-obese persons"?
Obese people are four times more likely to die from a myocardial infarction than non-obese people
Obese people have four times more myocardial infarctions than non-obese people
Obese people have four times more risk factors associated with myocardial infarctions than non-obese people
Obese people are four times more likely have a myocardial infarction than non-obese people
Which statement is an example of prevalence?
185 new cases per 100,000 persons of COVID-19 were reported in May 202
Approximately 44,000 new cases of AIDS were reported in the US in 2003
In 2006, more than 36 million people died of hunger or diseases caused by micronutrient deficiencies
Approximately 1/3 of men between the ages of 30 and 45 living in sub-Sahara Africa are HIV positive.
What type of bias occurs if one researcher completes skinfold measurements on the intervention group and a different researcher completes the same measurements on the control group?
Selection bias
Measurement bias
Random bias
Confounding bias
Which of the following choices is an example of an ecological study?
Data that supports the statement, "Coffee may have health benefits."
Data comparing exposure to risk factors in participants with cancer and those who are cancer free
Data comparing olive oil consumption and colorectal cancer incidence in European countries
Data comparing past smoking habits and the current diagnosis of lung cancer
Which type of study would administer a one-time survey that includes questions about dietary intake and body weight?
Ecological
Trend
Cross-sectional
Case-control
Which type of study would compare the dietary fat intake of women who have had breast cancer with similar women who have not had breast cancer?
Cross-sectional
Case-control
Ecological
Randomized controlled trial
Which nutritional component has the greatest within-person variation and thus requires the most recorded days of intake to estimate the true average intake for groups of individuals?
Fat
Protein
Calcium
Vitamin A
Which of the following criteria should be used for evaluating the strength of the association between variables?
Incongruous findings
Duration of the exposure
Intuitiveness of association
Anecdotal evidence
Which dietary measurement is considered the best method for assessing dietary intake of individuals?
Food frequency questionnaire
Food balance sheet
Food record or diary
24-hr recall
Which of the following statements best describes a determinant in the definition of "epidemiology"?
Vital statistics required to determine the cause of a particular disease
The relative risk of a disease in one group compared to another
A host or environmental factor that affects the risk of disease
The relationship between a disease and the population in which it exists
After observing, which step in the epidemiologic method should be done next?
Making comparisons
Drawing scientific inferences
Developing the hypothesis
Counting cases or events
What is the first step that a community nutritionist should take when interpreting epidemiologic research data?
Assess the causal association critically for bias and chance.
Investigate whether the data align with key governmental publications.
Determine whether the correct study method was used to collect the data.
Evaluate the criterion for a causal association carefully.
Which method is the primary approach for assessing the available food supply at the national level?
24-hr dietary recalls
Food frequency questionnaires
Food balance sheets
Diet histories
