Diet and Nutrition & Obesity and
Overweight Self Assessment Test With
100% Verified Solutions (2024)
True CORRECT ANSWERS The proportion of premature deaths attributable to poor
diet and physical inactivity is second only to that for tobacco use.
provide leadership across the public, nonprofit, and business sectors that will result in
norms and environments where the healthiest food choices are also the most affordable
and readily accessible to all segments of society. CORRECT ANSWERS To improve
the overall nutrition status of this country, the challenge for public health today is to
High blood pressure
High cholesterol
Low fruit and vegetable intake
High Body Mass Index (BMI)
Alcohol consumption. CORRECT ANSWERS More than 130 million disability adjusted
life-years (DALY) are lost each year to chronic disease, and nutfition-related factors
contribute to nearly half of these DALYs. Which of these can be categorized as
nutrition-related risk factors for chronic diseases.
10 CORRECT ANSWERS Dietary Guidelines for Americans have revised almost twice
since the one presented in the text book was released. However, a recommendation
remains unchanged in spite of the substantial difference between the most recent one
(2015) and the one from the textbook. This is the recommendation about saturated fat.
Your caloric intake should only consist of _____ or less saturated fat.
-5%
-10
-35%
-50%
True CORRECT ANSWERS Dietary Guidelines for Americans have revised almost
twice since the one presented in the text book was released. The changes someway
are substantially. In the Guidelines appearing in the text book. It recommended you
should not take food cholesterol more than 300 mg per day (just one egg is enough),
but in the 2015 guidelines, it make no recommendation to limit cholesterol because
"Adequate evidence is not available for a quantitative limit for dietary cholesterol specific
to the Dietary Guidelines."
10% CORRECT ANSWERS One of the hottest topics of debate today, is sugars. But
this was not the case when the textbook we used was published. Sugars, added sugars
and sugar-sweetened beverages are being scrutinized the world over as we are chasing
salt. Today the number of "empty calories" we eat per day is thought to be 25 -30 total
, dietary energy intake with added sugar accounting for 13-17%. The new guideline (2015
- 2020) recommended that we should limit added sugars to ____
-5%
-10%
-15%
-20%
None of the above CORRECT ANSWERS Which social section is NOT able to
influence what we eat ?
-Food and beverage industry
-School and employers
-Entertainment and sports industries
-Nome of the above
-Reducing oxidized cholesterol level to protect arteries from damage by slowing or
inhibiting the development of atherosclerotic plaques made up of low-density lipoprotein
(LDL) particles.
-High amount of soluble fiber may facilitate reducing of serum cholesterol by binding
with fat and cholesterol in the intestines.
-Protecting cell membranes and DNA from oxidative damage.
-Reducing body weight by increasing satiety without increasing food energy intake.
CORRECT ANSWERS Why fruits and vegetables are good for your health, in particular,
reducing the risk of CVD ?
-Reducing oxidized cholesterol level to protect arteries from damage by slowing or
inhibiting the development of atherosclerotic plaques made up of low-density lipoprotein
(LDL) particles.
-High amount of soluble fiber may facilitate reducing of serum cholesterol by binding
with fat and cholesterol in the intestines.
-Protecting cell membranes and DNA from oxidative damage.
-Reducing body weight by increasing satiety without increasing food energy intake.
-Speed up transit time, increase stool bulk and therefore reducing exposure to
carcinogens in the gut.
-Bind bile acids which potentially act as promoter of carcinogenesis, and also increase
cholesterol re-absorption.
-Increase insulin sensitivity.
-Increase food intake of vitamins and minerals since the food rich of fiber is generally a
good source of vitamins and minerals. CORRECT ANSWERS Dietary fiber is able to
-Speed up transit time, increase stool bulk and therefore reducing exposure to
carcinogens in the gut.
-Bind bile acids which potentially act as promoter of carcinogenesis, and also increase
cholesterol re-absorption.
-Increase insulin sensitivity.
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