,Chapter 01: Food, Nutrition, and Health
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Nix: Williams’ Basic Nutrition and Diet Therapy, 17th Edition
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1. Promoting a health care service that improves diabetes management for the elderl
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y in a community would assist in which of the following?
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a. Supporting the national health goals Healthy People 2020
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b. Reducing hunger in a subset of the United States population
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c. Improving Medicare reimbursement claims @q @q @q
d. Providing access to primary health care services
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ANS: @ q A
Healthy People 2020 has a wide influence and is the focus of the nation’s main ob
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jective to promote health and prevent disease.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Application @q @q
TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation MSC: NCLEX: Health Promo
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tion and Maintenance
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2. A patient requires a nutrition assessment. The most appropriate professional to perfor
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m the assessment is a
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a. physician.
b. nurse.
c. public health nutritionist.
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ANS: @ q D
The registered dietitian is the nutrition expert registered with the Commission of Diete
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tic Registration (CDR), the certifying agency of Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
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Registered dietitians are the only professionals who have met strict educational and p
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rofessional prerequisites and passed a national registration examination that properly pr
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epares them to conduct a nutrition assessment.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Application @q @q
TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effe
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ctive Care Environment: Management of Care
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3. The sum of all body processes inside living cells that sustain life and health is
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a. science.
b. digestion.
c. metabolism.
d. nutrition.
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Metabolism is the sum of all chemical changes that take place in the body. Metabolis
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m provides energy, builds tissue, and regulates metabolic processes in the body.
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4. The nutrients that provide the body with its primary source of fuel for energy are
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a. vitamins.
b. minerals.
c. fiber.
d. carbohydrates.
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Carbohydrates (e.g., starches and sugars) are the body’s primary fuel to carry out n
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ecessary processes; fat is the secondary source of energy.
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5. Which of the following is the most accurate statement regarding the functions of prot
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ein?
a. Proteins @q can be a primary fuel source even if there is adequate carbohydrate intak
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e.
b. Proteins @q are a necessary nutrient to provide energy for the body in times of stress
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c. Proteins @q can be used as coenzyme factors during cell metabolism.
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d. Proteins @q are essential to building and repairing tissues within the body.
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ANS: @ q D
The primary function of proteins is to provide amino acids, which are the building
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units necessary to building and repairing tissues within the body. This is a constant
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process that ensures adequate growth and maintenance of tissues for a strong body.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension @q @q
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Integrity: Physiological Adaptation
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6. A 65-year-
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old man requires 2000 kcal/day without any specific fat or carbohydrate requirement
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s. The approximate number of kilocalories per day from fat that his diet should pro
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vide is @q kcal/day.
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a. 400–700
b. 100–300
c. 500–800
d. 900–1200
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Fat should provide no more than 20% to 35% of the total kilocalories per day,
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so for a 2000-kcal diet, 400–700 kcal should be provided.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Application @q @q
TOP: Nursing Process: Planning MSC: NCLEX: Health Promo
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tion and Maintenance
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7. The body’s main storage form of carbohydrate is
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a. glycogen.
b. glycerol.
c. glucagon.
d. glucose.
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Glycogen is a polysaccharide that is the main storage form of carbohydrate in the hu
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man body. It is mainly stored in the liver and to a lesser extent in muscle tissue.
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8. The number of kilocalories provided by one slice of bread that contains 30 g carbo
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hydrate, 3 g protein, and 1 g fat is
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a. 34
b. 136
c. 141
d. 306