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Full Test Bank Ch.17 Nutrition Education Public Health

1. In the past 35 years, death due to heart disease has declined 45% due to dietary changes.

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2. Luckily, due to more attention on nutrition, there is enough money for nutrition education campaigns.

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3. Nutrition education is mostly made to promote positive behavior change.

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4. Focusing on general behavior patterns have brought more success than specifically focused plans.

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5. Mass media educational programs have been more successful than interpersonal contact.

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6. Cultural competence by educators has been one of the barriers in changing behavior.

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7. Health professionals collectively are responsible solely for the health of the public.

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8. The national headquarters for nutrition professionals is called the American Dietetic Association.

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9. In teamwork, there is not an emphasis on one individual.

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10. Teams are made to solve problems utilizing different perspectives.

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  1. Why is nutrition education important?
  2. Improves knowledge of the nutrient content of foods.
  3. Helps individuals to make healthy dietary choices.
  4. Helps as a preventative measure to reduce the risk of chronic diseases.
  5. All of the above.

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  1. Challenges faced by nutrition educators are:
  2. Too much money is available for assisting nutrition education campaigns.
  3. Media airs advertisements for fast foods, sugary foods, and foods with high fat content.
  4. Nutrition education campaigns are too expensive.
  5. Individuals are already knowledgeable about healthy dietary choices.

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  1. Schools in Georgia want to design an effective nutrition education campaign to improve the consumption of healthy foods in school children. The campaign should:
  2. Focus on providing knowledge of foods and nutrition only.
  3. Emphasize a specific behavior pattern like eating more fruits.
  4. Provide knowledge of nutrition as well as emphasize a specific behavior pattern.
  5. Emphasize a reduction in consumption of junk foods only.

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  1. An effective nutrition education campaign must:
  2. Have limited contact hours with the population.
  3. Identify and focus on a target population.
  4. Have multiple messages included.
  5. All of the above.

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  1. A school system wants to plan a nutrition education campaign to address the needs of a student body that includes Caucasians, African Americans, Asians, Hispanics, and Native Americans. For this campaign to be effective, it must:
  2. Prepare all the educational materials in English.
  3. Involve all English-speaking personnel.
  4. Plan for a culturally and linguistically appropriate program.
  5. Involve only the food service personnel.

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16. ____________ competence by educators has been one of the barriers in changing behavior.

A. Financial

B. Cultural

C. Linguistical

D. B and C

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17. ________________ collectively are responsible solely for the health of the public.

A. Health professionals

B. Everyone

C. The Public

D. None of the above

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18. The national headquarters for nutrition professionals is called the _______________.

A. Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

B. American Dietetic Association

C. National Dietetic Association

D. None of the above

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19. In ___________, there is not an emphasis on one individual.

A. Teamwork

B. Reflections

C. Agriculture

D. None of the above

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20. Teams are made to solve problems utilizing different ___________________.

A. Perspectives

B. Call-outs

C. Roundtables

D. None of the above

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21. Dietary factors have been linked to the following causes of death:

  1. Coronary heart disease, accidents, some types of cancer, and Alzheimer’s disease
  2. Coronary heart disease, strokes, some types of cancer. and type 2 diabetes
  3. Chronic lower respiratory diseases, strokes, some types of cancer, and type 2 diabetes
  4. Chronic lower respiratory diseases, strokes, some types of cancer. and accidents

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22. A major barrier faced by nutrition educators is:

  1. Lack of quality nutritional education programs in universities
  2. Lack of linguistically and culturally appropriate services
  3. Lack of interest in the public for this field
  4. All of the above

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23. Some important members of a public health team are:

  1. Nutritionists, physicians, psychologists, and social workers
  2. Health educators, physicians, psychologists, and physicists
  3. Dietitians, pharmacists, forensic scientists, and social workers
  4. Nutritionists, physicians, dentists, and veterinarians
  5. Both A and D

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24. The first stage for teams is:

  1. Zeroing in on the objectives
  2. Storming, Forming, Norming, Performing, and Adjourning
  3. Forming, Storming, Performing, Norming and Adjourning
  4. Forming, Norming, Storming, Performing, and Adjourning

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25. One of the strategies to ensure the proper functioning of a team is:

  1. Including only those members in the team who agree to abide by well-laid-out rules
  2. Accentuating a participatory style
  3. Zeroing in on the objectives
  4. Both B and C
  5. A, B and C

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26. The Team Nutrition initiative was developed to:

    1. Increase awareness of nutritional issues in the Hispanic population
    2. Increase awareness of nutritional issues in minority populations
    3. Improve the nutritional quality of meals served to school children
    4. Improve performance of athletic teams by changing their nutrition

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27. The last stage of working in teams is:

  1. Zeroing in on the objectives
  2. Establishing a time line
  3. Define outcomes
  4. Discuss and resolve all problems together

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28. Helping individuals of all ages increase life expectancy and improve their quality of life is one of the goals of the _____ initiative developed by the _____.

  1. Managed Lives/Healthy Lives, USDA
  2. Healthy People, US Public Health Service
  3. Managed Lives/Healthy Lives, US Public Health Service
  4. Healthy People, USDA

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29. _____ factors have been linked to dietary factors in the leading cause of death.

  1. 4 out of 10
  2. 2 out of 10
  3. 3 out of 10
  4. None of the above

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30. The National Academic Award program was developed in 1997 by:

  1. United States Department of Agriculture
  2. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
  3. Dietetic Association of America
  4. National Cancer Institute

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Aug 21, 2025
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Chapter 17 Nutrition Education Public Health
Author:
Sari Edelstein

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