What are three reasons for the decline in healthful eating patterns and behaviors as children and adolescents age?
Q. 2Program evaluations ____.
a. take place only when issues arise
b. are never taken to measure cost effectiveness
c. can be used to test innovative approaches to nutrition and public health
d. are carried out only by agency staff, never outside consultants
Q. 3What is the Healthy Eating Index? What do the results for children indicate? Please provide examples to justify to your conclusions.
Q. 4According to your text, the first step in improving participation rates is ____.
a. putting more effort into making the activities fun and easy for participants
b. understanding the target population and their needs and interests
c. switching to a newer, better supported intervention
d. focusing funding on advertising in local radio, television and print media
Q. 5List and explain four of the eight recommended steps for achieving the Healthy People 2020 objectives that promote healthful weights and food choices in children and adolescents.
Q. 6For group education sessions offered on a voluntary basis and without incentives, the participation rate will likely be____.
a. less than 5
b. 5-35
c. 35-50
d. 50-75
Q. 7Discuss the progress made in reaching the Healthy People 2010 objectives for children.
Q. 8In a logic model,____ include media, economic and political circumstances, and participants' demographics.
a. priorities
b. assumptions
c. situations
d. external factors
Q. 9Which trait is characteristic of a hard negotiator?
a. their goal is agreement among the parties
b. they think of the participants as friends
c. they perceive the process as a contest of wills
d. they make concessions to maintain the relationship