Deck 25: global Nutrition

Question 1

What is the term for a situation in which people are unable to obtain enough food to meet their daily physical needs?

A) food poverty
B) food anxiety
C) food shortage
D) food insecurity

Answer 1

D

Question 2

The type of undernutrition that affects toddlers who have recently been weaned from breast milk and given a diet that is severely lacking in protein is known as

A) kwashiorkor.
B) toddler malnutrition.
C) marasmus.
D) protein-deficit malnutrition.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The lack of which nutrient in the diet can lead to night blindness in children?

A) vitamin C
B) iodine
C) zinc
D) vitamin A

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Undernutrition is seen only in underdeveloped countries.

Question 5

Worldwide, the majority of deaths seen in undernourished children are due to infection.

Question 6

It is hoped that Sprinkles will be able to impact the nutritional status of?

A) Bonita, a three-month-old infant
B) Juan, a two-year-old child
C) Mary, a 64-year-old woman
D) James, a 35-year-old man

Question 7

Individuals who live in poverty are seldom obese.

Question 8

Transgenic crops are also known as genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

Question 9

A shift in dietary patterns from a lack of food to a high energy intake, which then results in the development of chronic disease, is called the nutrition

A) adaptation.
B) transition.
C) modification.
D) reallocation.

Question 10

The population at least risk of unequal distribution of food in many wealthy countries would be

A) an elderly woman.
B) a young man.
C) a young girl.
D) a baby.

Question 11

A child who is shorter than his or her expected height for age is suffering from

A) stunting.
B) height deprivation.
C) wasting.
D) linear growth delay.

Question 12

Infants and children who suffer from malnutrition have a higher mortality rate as a result of

A) starving to death because of the lack of food.
B) decreased resistance to infectious diseases.
C) diarrhea due to drinking unsanitary water.
D) the limited access to health care.

Question 13

The World Health Organization (WHO) predicts that by 2020, deaths due to diabetes will increase worldwide by more than what percentage?

A) 10
B) 25
C) 35
D) 50

Question 14

Crops grown to be exported to other countries and not for local consumption are called what?

A) surplus crops
B) imported crops
C) cash crops
D) sustainable crops

Question 15

The most common nutritional deficiency worldwide is

A) iron.
B) vitamin A.
C) iodine.
D) protein.

Question 16

In Canada food insecurity is caused by the lack of enough food produced to feed all the people who live in poverty.

Question 17

In developed countries, obesity is increasing amongst people of

A) higher socioeconomic status.
B) lower socioeconomic status.
C) Western ethnicities.
D) Eastern ethnicities.

Question 18

The food/population ratio is one of the major causes of undernutrition in developing countries. Which of the following is NOT a way to improve the food/population ratio?

A) Improve immunization programs in children to decrease the spread of infectious diseases.
B) Educate women to increase their earning power and productivity.
C) Improve methods to increase food production and the importation of foods from other countries.
D) Focus on increasing population growth.

Question 19

The children's disease that occurs when energy intake is grossly inadequate is called

A) wasting.
B) stunting.
C) kwashiorkor.
D) marasmus.

Question 20

Which of the following is NOT an effective long-term solution to malnutrition?

A) programs that encourage women to breastfeed their infants
B) immunization programs
C) transitioning of agricultural lands from sorghum and corn to cash crops
D) small-business loans to support community and family farms and gardens

Question 21

The hypothesis known as "fetal origins of adult disease" states that the fetus is born with whatever disease the mother has.

Question 22

Much of the undernutrition in Africa is due to drought and political conflict.

Question 23

The number of people suffering from hunger worldwide is decreasing.

Question 24

There is very little a single individual can do to solve the problem of undernutrition and hunger in the world today.

Question 25

Overnutrition, causing overweight and obesity, is increasing in developing countries.