Test Bank Chapter 11 Promoting Older Adult Nutrition

1. By 2050, the US expects to have 2 million centenarians.

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2. Baby boomers were born in the years 1946–1964.

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3. Baby boomers have a need to be educated about STDs.

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4. A new concept for aging adults is called aging-in-place.

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5. The Elderly Nutrition Program allowed community centers to provide meals for older adults.

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6. Congregate or home-delivered meals to the elderly provide 15% of the RDA/DRI.

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7. The Elderly Nutrition Program is also called the Older Americans Nutrition Program.

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8. The Elderly Nutrition Program has yet to be evaluated.

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9. The Elderly Nutrition Program hopes to start a Seniors Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program by the year 2020.

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10. Persons aged 60 and over can attend the Adult Care Food Program.

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11. During aging, the needs for vitamins and minerals:

A. Continually fluctuate

B. Greatly decrease

C. Somewhat increase in some cases

D. Greatly increase

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12. The life expectancy for the general population in the US is about:

A. 65 years

B. 70 years

C. 85 years

D. 100 years

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13. Among the older population of the United States, the age of the fastest growing segment is:

A. 65

B. 74

C. 79

D. 85+

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14. Nutrition programs such as congregate meals or home-delivered meals provide which of the following?

A. An improved nutritional status

B. A social atmosphere

C. An economical meal for low-income elderly

D. All of the above

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15. The most current prescription for good health throughout life is to:

A. Establish harmony among physical, psychological, and social status

B. Do whatever you wish, because you are an adult

C. Take a trip around the world

D. All the above

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16. Life expectancy is now estimated to be 74 years of age for men and almost 80 for women.

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17. One of the major reasons people are living longer is due to decreases in mortality from cancer.

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18. Government statistics reveal that heart disease is still the leading cause of death in America.

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19. Title VII of the Older Americans Act (OAA) established a program to provide meals to the elderly.

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20. Meals for the elderly are provided by home delivery only.

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21. The following are characteristics of the boomer generation except:

1. Non-ethnicity, diversity; fewer children than their parent’s generation
2. Formal education; more formal education than today’s senior citizens
3. Income; higher median family and household incomes than today’s senior citizens
4. Employment; longer working hours than their parents’ generation and more women working outside the home
5. Health condition; much more likely to smoke, be overweight and have a sedentary lifestyle than their parents’ generation

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22. The health demands of baby boomers include:

1. Educational demands; boomers need health information online
2. Health insurance and screening demands; boomers need a comprehensive health package that meets their nutritional and physical needs by integrating medically sound, alternative and traditional medicine
3. Health package; should contain screening, education and private consulting, and intervention
4. Identifying appealing modes of exercise
5. All of the above

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23. The health demands of baby boomers include:

• 1. Balanced nutrition and motivation themes to help them to make changes in their lifestyles
  2. Use of functional foods
  3. Programs, classes, and facilities are needed that will attract boomers to engage in physical fitness
  4. The use of probiotics, vitamins, and supplements
  5. All of the above

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24. Due to the increased longevity of baby boomers, there will be more health needs related to a higher incidence of:

1. Arthritis
2. Obesity
3. Diabetes
4. All of the above

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25. Baby boomers will not demand more medical education and intervention than past generations.

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26. Congregate or home delivered meals to the elderly provide ____ of the RDA/DRI.

A. 15%

B. 10%

C. 12%

D. None of the above

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27. The Elderly Nutrition Program is also called the:

A. Older Americans Nutrition Program

B. Title 9 Program

C. Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program

D. All of the above

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28. The Elderly Nutrition Program has been evaluated ______________.

A. Negatively

B. As only available to those below the poverty level

C. As only available to the homebound

D. None of the above

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29. The Elderly Nutrition Program also includes:

A. Seniors Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program

B. Congregate meals

C. Home delivered meals

D. All of the above

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30. Persons age ____ and over can attend the Adult Care Food Program.

A. 55

B. 60

C. 65

D. 70

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