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| What does the Farmer's market Nutrition Program provide? |
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| Provides women and infants over 4 months, children eligible for WIC, and Low income adults to use fresh fruits and vegetables while promoting local farmers markets. |
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| What has WIC accomplished? |
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| They have reduced the number of low birthweight babies and anemia in preschoolers; they have increased the number of breastfeeding women and participation in health care services. |
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| What are the most significant nutrition considerations in young children? |
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| Iron deficiency and food allergies |
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| Early Periodic Screening & Treatment Program, A Medicaid child health program, which provides comprehensive and preventative services to eligible children under 21. |
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| New cases of a disease during a specific period of time is called _____. |
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| MNT is covered under the Social Security Act. What is covered and by what part of Medicare? |
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| DM and Pre-dialysis are covered under part B |
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| Chorizo, Proscuitto,and Italian sausage are all made from? |
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| Pork. Other pork dishes include scrapple, bratwurst, and blood pudding. Knowing ingredients for various foods are crucial when planning meals with religious dietary restrictions |
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| When should solid food be added to an infant's diet? |
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| When do you start measuring children standing? |
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| How many medications does the average elderly person take? |
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| How are bills introduced in the House and Senate? |
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| Every bill must have a sponsor: a Senator in Senate and Representative in the House. |
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| What is the purpose of regulators? |
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| An infant sleeps with a bottle |
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| What foods are not covered by the Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program? |
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| Honey, nuts, molasses, cider, dried fruits and vegetables |
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| Who does the Nutrition Program for the Elderly serve? |
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| 60 years or older (no income guidelines) |
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| Surveys the nutrition and health status of the US population |
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| What are the factors that place a household at greatest risk for food insecurity? |
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| Income below poverty line, households with children especially those headed by single women, African-American and Hispanic households, Households in inner cities, rural areas and those in the South and Southwest |
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| What is a critical factor in determining infant birthweight? |
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| Maternal weight gain in the second and third trimester |
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| What population does the YRBSS survey? |
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| Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System: It is a combination biannual survey of representative sample of high school students. |
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| What percentage of daily need does school lunch meet? |
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| Each school lunch MUST supply 1/3 of the days nutrients |
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| What are adolescent girls frequently at risk for nutritionally? |
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| Obesity, iron-deficiency anemia, high blood cholesterol levels, dental caries, eating disorders, and low calcium intake |
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| When can an infant start to drink whole milk? |
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| After 12 months; skim milk should never be used for children under 2 years |
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| How can we identify the nutritional needs of the community> |
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| A community needs assessment |
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| What is the normal hemoglobin of a newborn? |
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| Newborns have high iron levels (16.5-19.5). These levels start to drop between ages 3-4 months. |
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| What is the typical growth pattern for children? |
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| Children usually grow 2-3 inches per year and gain 5 or more pounds |
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| What are the most common problems among post-menopausal women? |
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| Osteoporosis, cancer, and cardiovascular disease |
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| What are the six priority challenges of the STEPS program? |
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| obesity, diabetes, asthma, poor nutrition, physical inactivity, and tobacco use |
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| What information does demographic information provide? |
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| Identifies the people in a community by sex, age, race, marital status, and living arrangements |
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| When is an infant classified as failure to thrive? |
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| When the infant falls below the 5th percentile of weight for length |
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| Social Marketing uses the four P's of marketing and adds what additional P's |
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| Publics, Partnership, Policy, and Purse Strings |
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| What role does nutrition play in the risk for breast cancer? |
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| Bodyweight and dietary habits can influence the risk of breast cancer |
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| A low income family receives food stamps but complains of frequently running out of food by the end of the month. An appropriate referral would be? |
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| Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program |
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| What is the purpose of evaluation? |
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| Evaluation looks at the degree of success in achieving objectives |
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| Why do boys need additional iron during adolescence? |
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| Once a law is passed, regulations to enforce the law are written by? |
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| The Federal agency that is responsible for the enforcement. |
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| Where do you find the nation's goals for nutrition? |
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| Education for low-income families and children under 19 who are at nutritional risk. |
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| A lacto-ovovegetarian needs to increase B12, what food is appropriate? |
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| Where do revenue matters originate in the legislature? |
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| Which food group is fortified with folate? |
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| Grains (breads and cereals) |
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| What is the normal weight gain for pregnancy. |
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| 1 pound per month during the first trimester; 1 pound per week during the second and third trimesters |
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| When do coronary artery disease and hypertension begin? |
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| childhood and adolescence |
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| What factors on pregnant women and children are continually surveyed? |
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| Behavioral risk factors, vitamin/mineral adverse reactions, and the nutrient data bank |
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| The Nutrition Screening Initiative developed a nutrition checklist to help identify concern with the elderly. What is it called? |
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| What is the leading cause of death and disability in women? |
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| What does head circumference help detect? |
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| Protein Energy Malnutrition |
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| What is normal weight gain in pregnancy for an obese woman? |
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Definition
Normal weight women should gain 25-35#
underweight women should gain 28-40#
overweight women should gain 15-25#
obese women should gain at least 15# |
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| How often is food consumption measured |
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| What services does Medicaid Title XIX provide? |
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| Funds services for the blind, indigent, and the mentally or physically handicapped |
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| What are the eligibility requirements for the Commodity Supplemental Food Program |
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| Participants must meet age, income, and nutritional risk factors to participate |
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| What is published in the Congressional Record? |
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| What factor contributes to obesity throughout life? |
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| Recommendations for an elderly adult complaining of constipation are increased fluids, increased activity, and __________. |
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| Who is most at risk for a low-birthweight baby? |
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| Young mothers and African American women |
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| What does the community assessment process provide? |
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| Data on disease that can be evaluated to identify the areas of concern in a community. |
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| What did the Ten State Nutrition Survey look at? |
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| Fruitarians would eat only? |
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| Egg whites can be introduced into an infant's diet at what age? |
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| What political responsibilities does the community dietitian need to consider |
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| Relationships with Congress members are important; hire professional lobbyists ( the more contacts, the more influence) |
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| What are the 4 levels of liquids for the National Dysphagia Diet? |
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| Thin, Nectar-like, Honey-like and Spoon-thick (pudding) |
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| What may increase coronary risk factors after menopause |
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| Iron levels increasing after menopause |
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| What are the most common nutritional concerns in children? |
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Definition
| obesity, iron deficiency anemia, dental caries, high blood cholesterol, and blood lead levels |
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| When is colostrum produced |
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| In the first few days after birth and contains antibodies |
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| Which comes first: interventions, goals, or objectives? |
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| After establishing goals and determining objectives to meet goals, interventions or approaches are planned to meet goals |
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| What do vital statistics pertain to ? |
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| births, deaths, and marriages |
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| After a bill is approved in a standing committee, where does it go? |
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| Which has more fat per liter: human milk or cows' milk? |
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| Human milk has more fat, less protein, and less calcium than formula or cows' milk |
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| What are the benefits of evaluation? |
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Definition
| Helps management make day-to-day decisions and serves to alert the community to the success or failure of the program |
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| What is the purpose of the Food Guide Pyramid? |
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| It illustrates how to turn guidelines into food choices |
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| It provides education for the educators |
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| What steps follow the community needs assessment? |
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| The areas of concern identified would be ranked to set priorities and decide on a plan of action |
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| What is the role of surveillance |
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| To gather data to identify and respond to problems (ongoing) |
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| Prevalence of overweight and obesity among US adults is? |
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| How many days does the President or Governor have to sign or veto a bill before it becomes law automatically? |
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| Pregnant and lactating women and children under 5 that meet income guidelines with nutritional risk |
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| A program directed to adolescents in the 7th and 8th grades that provide nutrition education |
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| What adaptive equipment would you recommend for a patient that had Parkinson's tremor? |
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| Weighted utensils and inner lip plate |
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| How does nutrition education decrease risk factors? |
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| By promoting changes in behavior |
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| What is considered normal on the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) growth charts? |
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| Anything between the 5th and 95th percentile is normal |
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| How is cost effectiveness usually expressed? |
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| As the cost of the services per outcome |
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| What is a common concern for the elderly? |
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| What are entitlements based on? |
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| Income or other eligibility requirements |
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| How is cost benefit usually expressed? |
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| Cost benefit ratio is expressed as money saved |
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| The best food sources for omega 3 fatty acids in a vegetarian diet |
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| Flaxseed and walnuts (sources of alpha linolenic acid which can be converted to EPA & DHA) |
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| Where do you find the dietary goals for Americans? |
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