Chapter 02: Personal and Community Nutrition

Chapter 02: Personal and Community Nutrition

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

MULTIPLE CHOICE

 

1. A client tells you that he cannot eat most green vegetables because they taste too bitter. What is the most likely explanation?

a.	He has certain genetic taste markers that make him a “super taster.”
b.	He associates eating green vegetables with unpleasant childhood memories.
c.	He needs to train himself to enjoy the acquired taste of bitter vegetables.
d.	He is making an excuse to avoid making healthful changes in his eating habits.

 

 

ANS:  A

Some people have variations in genetic taste markers that make them “super tasters.” These people often experience the taste of certain vegetables as being bitter. Environmental factors such as childhood memories may also influence food choices but are not usually associated with tasting vegetables as bitter. Tastes can be acquired and sometimes people make excuses to avoid making changes, but these are less likely explanations for this particular problem

 

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Applying               REF:   Page 18

TOP:   Nursing Process: Assessment           MSC:  Client Needs: Health promotion and maintenance

 

2. A teenaged client is hungry and goes to the refrigerator for a snack. A holiday has just been celebrated at her home, and many of her favorite foods are available. She selects some slices of roast turkey and a cup of her aunt’s special fruit salad. This is an example of

a.	bingeing.
b.	abundance.
c.	food choice.
d.	food preference.

 

 

ANS:  D

This teenager is able to select foods according to her preferences. Food choices are restricted by convenience, but many of her favorite foods are available, and so her choices are not limited. The food is abundant, and she may choose to binge and overeat, but her selections are made according to her food preference.

 

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Analyzing             REF:   Page 18

TOP:   Nursing Process: Assessment           MSC:  Client Needs: Psychosocial integrity

 

3. A mother tells you that she does not allow her young children to eat while they watch television, even though her husband often eats high-fat, sugary foods while they watch television as a family. The most important thing to discuss with her is the

a.	genetic factor of preference for sweet and salty tastes.
b.	influence of ethnicity on preference for sour tastes.
c.	children’s weights when they were born and their weights now.
d.	environmental effects of parental food choices and television watching.

 

 

ANS:  D

Because young children spend so much time with their families, their parents’ food choices have a major effect on their own future food choices. Preventing young children from eating while watching television will have only a short-term effect, and they are likely to imitate their father in eating high-fat, high-sugar snacks. The father’s food preferences are probably influenced by genetics and ethnicity, and it may be interesting to find out whether the children’s current weights are healthy for their heights (although their birth weight is probably not relevant), but this information has less immediate effect on the nutritional health of this family.

 

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Applying               REF:   Page 18 | Page 35

TOP:   Nursing Process: Implementation     MSC:  Client Needs: Psychosocial integrity

 

4. If a middle-aged couple with two teenage children has insufficient income to purchase food, the most helpful program for them would be the

a.	MyPlate food guidance system.
b.	National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs.
c.	federal government’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
d.	Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).

 

 

ANS:  C

SNAP provides financial assistance to buy nutritious foods for individuals and families with incomes below certain levels. WIC provides assistance only to women who are pregnant or breastfeeding and to infants and children up to the age of 5 who are at nutritional risk. School meal programs would benefit the children but not the adults. MyPlate would help the family make healthy food choices but would not help with their financial problems.

 

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Applying               REF:   Pages 18-19 | Page 21

TOP:   Nursing Process: Planning               MSC:  Client Needs: Health promotion and maintenance

 

5. For most Americans, the most significant nutrition concerns are

a.	lack of interest in making healthy food choices.
b.	poor availability of fruits and vegetables in many areas.
c.	excessive intake of saturated fats, cholesterol, sodium, and sugars.
d.	inadequate intake of key vitamins, minerals, and phytochemicals.

 

 

ANS:  C

Most Americans have high intake of saturated fats, cholesterol, sodium, and sugars, which is associated with increased prevalence of chronic disease. Many people have inadequate intake of micronutrients, but this has a lesser overall effect than excessive intakes of fats, sodium, and sugars. Some areas of the country have poor availability of fruits and vegetables, but this is not a widespread problem in the country as a whole. Many Americans express at least some concern about making healthy food choices.

 

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Understanding       REF:   Pages 18-20 | Page 30

TOP:   Nursing Process: Assessment           MSC:  Client Needs: Health promotion and maintenance