What is the acronym for the food assistance program designed to help nutritionally at-risk children, infants, and pregnant women?
a. FAP b. WIC
c. EAT d. MOW
Q. 2Milk that has been treated with a commercially available lactase preparation undergoes which of the following changes?
a. Increase in sweetness b. Decrease in sweetness
c. Increase in carbohydrate content d. Decrease in carbohydrate content
Q. 3What is the most likely explanation for the impaired functioning of the GI tract resulting from folate deficiency?
a. Insufficient bile production, thereby promoting fat malabsorption and diarrhea
b. Reduced mucosal cell replacement, thereby resulting in decreased GI functioning
c. Decreased enzymatic capacity in the intestines, thereby resulting in malabsorption
d. Decreased oxygen supply to body tissues, with the intestines being particularly affected because of their high metabolic activity
Q. 4What fraction of the U.S. population receives food assistance of some kind?
a. 1/25 b. 1/15
c. 1/5 d. 1/3
Q. 5Which of the following is NOT a common dietary source of carbohydrate?
a. Starch b. Maltose
c. Cellulose d. Glycogen
Q. 6Which of the following is NOT a feature of folate nutrition?
a. Most food folate is bound to a string of amino acids
b. Folate is actively secreted back into the GI tract with bile
c. Food folate must be hydrolyzed by intestinal cell enzymes prior to absorption
d. Folate must be methylated by homocysteine prior to crossing the brush border membrane