The biggest risk factor for illness worldwide is ____.
a. overpopulation
b. malnutrition
c. poverty
d. lack of education
Q. 2The nation's first comprehensive nutrition survey was the ____.
a. Ten-State Nutrition Survey
b. CSFII
c. NHANES I
d. Total Diet Study
Q. 3One obstacle to the success of vitamin A supplementation programs is a lack of awareness among policymakers of the critical nature of vitamin A nutritional status.
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Q. 4The National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Program is operated by the ____.
a. USDA
b. DHHS
c. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
d. USDA and DHHS
Q. 5Fortifying food is generally a small-scale undertaking and is effective only if the target groups can get the fortified product for free.
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Q. 6The United States utilizes a ____ approach with no single Federal Nutrition Office coordinating its nutrition policy efforts.
a. centralized
b. focused
c. decentralized
d. food assistance
Q. 7Manifestations of vitamin A deficiency range from mild night blindness to dryness of the conjunctiva and cornea and, in severe cases, to melting of the cornea and blindness.
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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