NR222 2025/2026 Exam Questions and
Answers | A+ Score Assured
Classic vitamin deficiency diseases - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔*Examples: rickets,
pellagra, scurvy, beriberi
-Abundant food supply
-Fortification of foods (iodized salt, niacin)
Dietary excess/imbalance - Part 1 - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔*Contributes to leading
causes illness/death
-Diet: Coronary heart disease (CHD), some cancers, cerebrovascular
accident (CVA), Diabetes Mellitus (DM)
,-Alcohol: accidents, cirrhosis, suicide, homicide
-Childhood obesity ---> adult problems
Dietary excess/imbalance - Part 2 - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔*Problems resulting
from overconsumption- leading cause of illness and death in the United
States
*Increased consumption of sodium, solid fats, increased sugars, refined
grains
*Four leading causes of death (related to diet): Coronary Heart Disease
(CVD), some types of cancers, stroke, diabetes mellitus
*Goal: encourage healthy choices in diet, exercise, weight control
Healthy People 2020-Nutrition Objectives - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔*Designed to
reduce obesity in children/adults
*Indicators of nutrition-related health
-Overweight statistics
-High serum cholesterol levels
-Hypertension
-Risk factors for CHD and CVA
,*Nine focus areas
Nutrition Guidlelines - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔*Dietary reference intakes (DRIs)
-Recommended daily allowance (RDA)
-Adequate intake (AI)
-Estimated average requirement (EAR)
-Tolerable upper intake level (UL)
*Focus on optimizing health and decreasing risk of chronic disease through
nutrition
MyPlate - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔*2010 USDA revised USDA food guidance
system
*Emphasizes personalized approach to healthy eating
*Five food groups broken into sections of the plate—grains,
vegetables, fruits, protein, and a glass of dairy
Dietary Supplements - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔*Include vitamins, minerals, herbs,
botanicals/plant-derived substances
*Unregulated by FDA—more research needed
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, *Supplementation indicated for some specific populations,
examples include:
-Folic acid, iron during pregnancy
-Calcium, vitamin D for elderly
*Vitamin toxicity—excessive use of supplements
-Highest risk—fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E, K)
Nutritional Supplements - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔*Folic Acid- females who become
pregnant to help prevent neural tube defects
*Iron supplements- during pregnancy
*Calcium and Vitamin D- older postmenopausal women to reduce their risk
for osteoporosis
*Vitamin D- for people not meeting recommended intake
*Vitamin B12- older than 50 years as needed or for vegans to ensure
adequate intake
US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔*Food Protection
Plan to monitor/prevent contamination of
nation's food supply
Answers | A+ Score Assured
Classic vitamin deficiency diseases - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔*Examples: rickets,
pellagra, scurvy, beriberi
-Abundant food supply
-Fortification of foods (iodized salt, niacin)
Dietary excess/imbalance - Part 1 - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔*Contributes to leading
causes illness/death
-Diet: Coronary heart disease (CHD), some cancers, cerebrovascular
accident (CVA), Diabetes Mellitus (DM)
,-Alcohol: accidents, cirrhosis, suicide, homicide
-Childhood obesity ---> adult problems
Dietary excess/imbalance - Part 2 - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔*Problems resulting
from overconsumption- leading cause of illness and death in the United
States
*Increased consumption of sodium, solid fats, increased sugars, refined
grains
*Four leading causes of death (related to diet): Coronary Heart Disease
(CVD), some types of cancers, stroke, diabetes mellitus
*Goal: encourage healthy choices in diet, exercise, weight control
Healthy People 2020-Nutrition Objectives - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔*Designed to
reduce obesity in children/adults
*Indicators of nutrition-related health
-Overweight statistics
-High serum cholesterol levels
-Hypertension
-Risk factors for CHD and CVA
,*Nine focus areas
Nutrition Guidlelines - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔*Dietary reference intakes (DRIs)
-Recommended daily allowance (RDA)
-Adequate intake (AI)
-Estimated average requirement (EAR)
-Tolerable upper intake level (UL)
*Focus on optimizing health and decreasing risk of chronic disease through
nutrition
MyPlate - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔*2010 USDA revised USDA food guidance
system
*Emphasizes personalized approach to healthy eating
*Five food groups broken into sections of the plate—grains,
vegetables, fruits, protein, and a glass of dairy
Dietary Supplements - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔*Include vitamins, minerals, herbs,
botanicals/plant-derived substances
*Unregulated by FDA—more research needed
COPYRIGHT©NINJANERD 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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, *Supplementation indicated for some specific populations,
examples include:
-Folic acid, iron during pregnancy
-Calcium, vitamin D for elderly
*Vitamin toxicity—excessive use of supplements
-Highest risk—fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E, K)
Nutritional Supplements - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔*Folic Acid- females who become
pregnant to help prevent neural tube defects
*Iron supplements- during pregnancy
*Calcium and Vitamin D- older postmenopausal women to reduce their risk
for osteoporosis
*Vitamin D- for people not meeting recommended intake
*Vitamin B12- older than 50 years as needed or for vegans to ensure
adequate intake
US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔*Food Protection
Plan to monitor/prevent contamination of
nation's food supply
