Exam 12: Global Nutrition

A) decreased energy level and strength.
B) poor concentration and impaired learning.
C) decreased hunger and appetite.
D) impaired immunity.

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A) asthma and upper respiratory tract infections.
B) tooth decay and dental caries.
C) hyperthyroidism.
D) developmental delays.

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A) The homeless have plenty of resources; they just fail to utilize them.
B) Chronically homeless individuals are more likely to be young, female, nonwhite, and underemployed.
C) The rate of homelessness has declined over the last 25 years.
D) The recent increase in homelessness stems from a shortage of affordable rental housing coupled with an increase in poverty.

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A) provides breakfast for school children.
B) provides food vouchers and nutrition education to low-income pregnant and lactating women and their young children.
C) is provided to all American families and has no enrollment criteria.
D) was discontinued in 2015 after budget cuts.

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A) nervous system.
B) muscular system.
C) circulatory system.
D) respiratory system.

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A) Nutrient deficiency disease relating to vitamin A intake that causes blindness among other medical problems
B) Alteration of genetic material in plants or animals to improve growth, disease resistance, and other characteristics
C) U.S. government program utilizing volunteers placed in developing nations to help create independent, self-sustaining economies around the world
D) Increases in crop yields accompanying the introduction of new agricultural technologies in less developed countries
E) Supplemental nutrition program for pregnant women, infants, and young children
F) A collection of processes that uses advanced biological techniques to alter and ideally improve characteristics of plants, animals, and other life forms
G) The basic framework of a society-roads, bridges, telephones, and other technologies

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

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A) ∙ Purchasing power
∙ Income of population
∙ Transport and market infrastructure
B) ∙ Domestic production
∙ Import capacity
∙ Food stocks
∙ Food aid
C) ∙ Food safety
∙ Hygiene and manufacturing practices
∙ Dietary quality and diversity
D) ∙ Weather variability
∙ Price fluctuations
∙ Political factors
∙ Economic factors

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A) A condition of anxiety regarding running out of either food or money to buy food
B) Failing health that results from a long-standing dietary intake that either fails to meet or greatly exceeds nutritional needs
C) The primary physiological (internal) drive to find and eat food
D) Failing health that results from a long-standing dietary intake that does not meet nutritional needs
E) An extreme shortage of food that leads to massive starvation in a population
F) A condition associated with body wasting and increased susceptibility to infections that results from prolonged consumption of insufficient amounts of food energy and protein

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A) Chronic hunger is not found in developed countries.
B) Hunger is alleviated by drinking water.
C) The primary cause of hunger is poverty.
D) Hunger is the psychological state that results when enough food is eaten.

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A) protein-energy malnutrition
B) anorexia
C) bulimia
D) scurvy

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A) infancy.
B) pregnancy.
C) puberty.
D) adulthood.

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A) labor
B) water
C) oxygen
D) coal

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