A child who eats insects and wood chips is likely to be diagnosed with ____.
a. feeding disorder of childhood
b. rumination disorder
c. failure to thrive
d. pica
Question 2____ has/have been identified as a specific risk factor for an infant's eating or feeding disorder.
a. Difficult temperament
b. Poor metabolic control
c. Parental psychopathology
d. Maternal eating disorders
Question 3Early onset of feeding disorder is often associated with ____.
a. intellectual disability
b. parental overemphasis on food
c. inadequate care giving
d. poor metabolic control
Question 4Failure to thrive is more common among ____.
a. girls
b. children from disadvantaged environments
c. adolescents
d. individuals with mental retardation
Question 5Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorders in childhood are most characterized by ____.
a. the eating of nonnutritive substances
b. bingeing and purging to lose weight
c. significant weight loss
d. purposeful regurgitation of food
Question 6Approximately 50 to 75 of growth hormone production occurs ____.
a. prenatally
b. after the onset of deep sleep
c. during adolescence
d. when eating
Question 7If fat levels decrease below our body's normal range, the hypothalamus ____.
a. produces less insulin
b. triggers the proliferation of fat cells
c. slows metabolism
d. releases growth hormone
Question 8An individual's balance of energy expenditure is referred to as their ____.
a. setpoint
b. metabolic rate
c. circadian rhythm
d. net caloric intake
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