Chapter 16, 18, & Student Presentations Quiz

Question 1

True or False? Though more study is needed to show exactly why it is true, eating more fruits and vegetables protects against colon and breast cancers.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The ________________________ suggest that bariatric surgery may be appropriate for obese people with a BMI of at least 40 and for people with a BMI of 35 together with serious coexisting medical conditions such as diabetes.

Answer 2

National Institutes of Health

Question 3

True or False? The current image used by the U.S. government to help explain what a healthy meal should look like is a dinner plate consisting of mostly fruit and vegetables.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

_______________________ can be improved by “point of choice” posting of nutritional information, which can help shoppers who are concerned about the nutritional content of food but do not know how to make wise choices.

Answer 4

self-efficacy

Question 5

Obese children are, for the first time, being diagnosed with what medical condition that was believed to occur almost exclusively in adults?

Answer 5

Type II Diabetes

Question 6

Which of the following, which is highly toxic to the developing nervous system, is a common contaminant in the American inner city, both from deteriorating paint and old plumbing?

Answer 6

Lead

Question 7

True or False? Infants are more likely to develop respiratory infections or die of SIDS when family members smoke in the home.

Answer 7

True

Question 8

True or False? Apparently for biological reasons, teenage mothers are more likely to deliver premature infants than older women of the same socioeconomic status.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

True or False? The generally lower socioeconomic status of African Americans in the United States accounts in large part for their higher infant mortality rate.

Answer 9

True

Question 10

True or False? The origins of government food assistance programs in the United States, such as WIC, go back to the 1930s.

Answer 10

True

Question 11

Can having a poor diet and little physical activity during childhood affect your body when you
are older

Answer 11

Robert Johnson Foundation’s Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities Fund

Question 12

What is the first step to putting on a condom?

Answer 12

Check expiration date

Question 13

You can get tested for STI/STD’s at the WOU student health center and it will NOT be reported to your insurance/student account as an STI test.

Answer 13

True