Midterm 3 Flashcards
(T/F) The mortality rate is approximately 40-60 percent of refugees in hospitals due the severe malnutrition. This mortality rates is due to poor case management of protein-energy malnutrition.
False
Compared to men, woman poverty has become a women’s issue. In the US , almost 35 percent of households with children headed by single women lived in poverty level.
True
Famine is defined as:
Lack of food due to disaster, a drought, political conflict, or war
(T/F) Food security means access at all times by all people to adequate amounts of safe, nutritious, and culturally appropriate food for an active and healthy life.
True
Approximately ____________ of Americans live at or below the poverty level.
15%
Human breast milk is low in:
Vitamin D
A breast feeding mother needs an extra _________________ calories a day for milk production during the first 6 months.
800
The _____________________ provides nutritious foods to new mothers, infants, young children, and the elderly.
Commodity Supplemental Food Program
Iron-deficiency anemia is more common in:
Toddlers
Failure to Thrive in infants and children is defined as:
Weight that falls at or below the 5th percentile on growth charts
(T/F) The Special Milk Program provides reimbursement for milk served to children and is only available to childcare institutions.
False
The _________________________ is a comprehensive child health development program for low-income children ages 3 to 5.
Head Start Program
One of the objectives of Healthy People 2020 is to increase the proportion of children who:
Watch television 2 or fewer hours a day
Adolescents are more likely to ___________________ as they mature.
Skip meals
Research studies examining Saturday morning television programming found that ________________.
Over half the advertisements were for food
