WGU NUTRITION D440 COMPREHENSIVE EXAMS
2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Hormones for breastfeeding and water intake - ✔✔prolactin - to make breastmilk
oxytocin - to release breastmilk
3-4 L a day
✔✔Biological Age vs Chronological Age - ✔✔Biological age: includes if they were
premature
Chronologic age: the actual measure of time elapsed since a person's birth
✔✔Which charts for which ages? - ✔✔Under 2 - WHO growth charts
Over 2 - the CDC growth charts and BMI
✔✔By the 1st birthday infants should... in regard to their weight and height... - ✔✔- triple
their birth weight
- double their height
✔✔Brief sprees or binges of eating one particular food - ✔✔Food jag
✔✔Unintentional weight loss - ✔✔weight loss of 5% of body weight over a 6- to 12-
month period
✔✔Define
Sarcopenia
Senescence
Osteopenia - ✔✔Sarcopenia: loss of lean tissue mass associated with aging.
Senescence: the process or condition of growing old.
Osteopenia: a condition that involves low bone mass and an increased risk for fracture.
(leads to osteoporosis)
✔✔What was the Healthy people initiative about? - ✔✔Healthy people initiative -
focuses on the quality of life
✔✔Primary governing body of the American food supply, with the exception of
commercial meat, poultry, and egg products - ✔✔FDA
✔✔Responsible for the food safety of both domestic and imported meat, poultry, and
processed egg products - ✔✔USDA
✔✔Regulates the use of pesticides and other chemicals and ensures the safety of
public drinking water - ✔✔EPA
, ✔✔Regulates the advertising and truthful marketing of food products - ✔✔Federal
Trade Commission
✔✔Organic farming means - ✔✔natural pest control
✔✔Shigellosis - ✔✔from milk - more common in kids
✔✔Vibrio - ✔✔contaminated water - can contaminate seafood - leads to cholera
✔✔Clostridium perfringens - ✔✔creates spores, found in soil, dust and water
✔✔Staph food poisoning - ✔✔Food handlers, dairy foods, bakery goods, meats, potato
salad. Toxin stimulates the vagus which controls the vomit center. Most Common -
usually in mixed dishes like casseroles
✔✔Norovirus - ✔✔most common foodborne illness virus
✔✔Parasites - ✔✔(1) roundworms, such as the trichina (Trichinella spiralis) worm found
in pork; and
(2) flatworms, such as the common tapeworms found in beef and pork
✔✔Jewish food culture - ✔✔-orthodox
-meats and cheese but not together
-don't allow blood
✔✔Muslim food culture - ✔✔-halal: allowed
-haram: not allowed
-Ramadan: a 30 day fast during the light hours, break fast at the evening, to celebrate
when mohammed receive the Quran, ends with a 3 day feast Eid-al-Fitr. (during the 9th
month)
-Eid-al-Adha is a 3-day celebration of the pilgrimage to Mecca.
✔✔ Dietetics - ✔✔The use of evidence-based practices in the area of food and nutrition
to improve and maintain good health
✔✔Health vs Wellness - ✔✔Health - complete well being
Wellness - full potential development
✔✔Essential Nutrients - ✔✔carbs, protein, fats, minerals, vitamins and water
✔✔Nonessential Nutrients - ✔✔amino acids and cholesterol
✔✔What creates the info on food labels? - ✔✔RDA and RDI
2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Hormones for breastfeeding and water intake - ✔✔prolactin - to make breastmilk
oxytocin - to release breastmilk
3-4 L a day
✔✔Biological Age vs Chronological Age - ✔✔Biological age: includes if they were
premature
Chronologic age: the actual measure of time elapsed since a person's birth
✔✔Which charts for which ages? - ✔✔Under 2 - WHO growth charts
Over 2 - the CDC growth charts and BMI
✔✔By the 1st birthday infants should... in regard to their weight and height... - ✔✔- triple
their birth weight
- double their height
✔✔Brief sprees or binges of eating one particular food - ✔✔Food jag
✔✔Unintentional weight loss - ✔✔weight loss of 5% of body weight over a 6- to 12-
month period
✔✔Define
Sarcopenia
Senescence
Osteopenia - ✔✔Sarcopenia: loss of lean tissue mass associated with aging.
Senescence: the process or condition of growing old.
Osteopenia: a condition that involves low bone mass and an increased risk for fracture.
(leads to osteoporosis)
✔✔What was the Healthy people initiative about? - ✔✔Healthy people initiative -
focuses on the quality of life
✔✔Primary governing body of the American food supply, with the exception of
commercial meat, poultry, and egg products - ✔✔FDA
✔✔Responsible for the food safety of both domestic and imported meat, poultry, and
processed egg products - ✔✔USDA
✔✔Regulates the use of pesticides and other chemicals and ensures the safety of
public drinking water - ✔✔EPA
, ✔✔Regulates the advertising and truthful marketing of food products - ✔✔Federal
Trade Commission
✔✔Organic farming means - ✔✔natural pest control
✔✔Shigellosis - ✔✔from milk - more common in kids
✔✔Vibrio - ✔✔contaminated water - can contaminate seafood - leads to cholera
✔✔Clostridium perfringens - ✔✔creates spores, found in soil, dust and water
✔✔Staph food poisoning - ✔✔Food handlers, dairy foods, bakery goods, meats, potato
salad. Toxin stimulates the vagus which controls the vomit center. Most Common -
usually in mixed dishes like casseroles
✔✔Norovirus - ✔✔most common foodborne illness virus
✔✔Parasites - ✔✔(1) roundworms, such as the trichina (Trichinella spiralis) worm found
in pork; and
(2) flatworms, such as the common tapeworms found in beef and pork
✔✔Jewish food culture - ✔✔-orthodox
-meats and cheese but not together
-don't allow blood
✔✔Muslim food culture - ✔✔-halal: allowed
-haram: not allowed
-Ramadan: a 30 day fast during the light hours, break fast at the evening, to celebrate
when mohammed receive the Quran, ends with a 3 day feast Eid-al-Fitr. (during the 9th
month)
-Eid-al-Adha is a 3-day celebration of the pilgrimage to Mecca.
✔✔ Dietetics - ✔✔The use of evidence-based practices in the area of food and nutrition
to improve and maintain good health
✔✔Health vs Wellness - ✔✔Health - complete well being
Wellness - full potential development
✔✔Essential Nutrients - ✔✔carbs, protein, fats, minerals, vitamins and water
✔✔Nonessential Nutrients - ✔✔amino acids and cholesterol
✔✔What creates the info on food labels? - ✔✔RDA and RDI
