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Nutrition | Questions & Answers |
Grade A | 100% Correct - Portage
Learning
A focus on life stages: nutrition from pregnancy to adulthood.
Question:
List 2 vitamins or minerals that are lacking in a teenagers diet
Answer:
Calcium
Zinc
,Question:
Match the following scenario with the correct aging process
1. usual aging
2. successful aging
Physical and physiological changes that occur as one ages not related to poor
diet and lifestyle habits
Answer:
successful aging
Question:
Term refers to a loss of lean muscle and an increase in fat stores
Answer:
sarcopenic obesity
Question:
Sarcopenia is a loss of what type of tissue?
Answer:
lean muscle/muscle mass
,Question:
Term refers to a loss of muscle mass that occurs as an individual ages
Answer:
sarcopenia
Question:
Each of the following of physiological factors related to aging except
a) economic factors
b) medications
c) digestive system changes
d) chronic disease
Answer:
economic factors
Question:
DETERMINE is a screening tool that looks at an individual's risk for
malnutrition related to what two factors?
Answer:
physiological and psychosocial factors
, Question:
Each of the following are Psychosocial factors related to aging except:
a) Medications
b) Social isolation
c) Dementia
d) Depression
Answer:
medications
Question:
Why are food choices important for an older adult
a) it is difficult to get adequate sodium in diet
b) nutrient dense food will delay the onset of some diseases
c) calorie needs to increase
d) quality of the food is more important than quantity
Answer:
nutrient dense food will delay the onset of some diseases
quality of the food is more important than quantity