Which of the following is true of malnutrition in children?
a. Children with kwashiorkor typically have edema.
b. Children with marasmus often have fatty livers.
c. Kwashiorkor results mainly from energy inadequacy.
d. Marasmus results mainly from protein inadequacy.
e. Children with marasmus often have changes in the color of their hair and skin.
Q. 2As you sit in the waiting room of a doctor's office leafing through a magazine, you see a letter to the editor about world hunger. In it, the author takes issue with a statement made in a previous issue that stated, and thus, hunger worsens poverty
The letter writer claims that this statement is completely unfounded and has no reasoning behind it. Does hunger worsen poverty?
a. Yes, but it can be corrected with appropriate access to reproductive health care.
b. No; if hungry people work hard enough they can work to get themselves out of poverty.
c. Yes, it propagates poverty by increasing the death rate and leaving many families as single-parent households.
d. Yes, hunger makes poverty worse by robbing a person of the good health and the physical and mental energy needed to be active and productive.
e. Sometimes, but only when unemployment is high and jobs are scarce.
Q. 3What is the name of the largest U.S. national food recovery program?
a. Feeding America
b. Goodwill Food Assistance
c. Salvation Army Ready-to-Eat Meals
d. Food Salvage and Rescue Organization
e. We CAN
Q. 4Which of the following describes a characteristic of fat use during physical activity?
a. It is released as fatty acids from internal fat stores and subcutaneous fat.
b. Upon commencement of an activity, blood fatty acids rise to provide an immediate source of fuel.
c. Fat that is present within the muscle fiber represents the primary source of energy for that muscle.
d. After consumption of a high-fat diet for at least 3 days, physical activities are performed as efficiently as from intake of a high-carbohydrate diet.
e. Sports nutrition experts recommend that athletes consume less than 15 percent of their energy from fat to meet nutrient and energy needs.
Q. 5Which of the following is a property of conditioned muscles?
a. They can store more glycogen.
b. They are more efficient at converting fat to glucose.
c. They contain fewer mitochondria due to increased glucose utilization.
d. They rely less on fat breakdown and more on glucose oxidation for energy.
e. They are resistant to lactate build-up.
Q. 6During a physical activity, what hormone signals the fat cells to begin releasing their fatty acids?
a. Leptin
b. Glucagon
c. Epinephrine
d. Neuropeptide Y
e. Norepinephrine
Q. 7Approximately how many people, in millions, are served by the U.S. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program?
a. 15
b. 25
c. 35
d. 45
e. 55
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