Session 4 Flashcards
A limited ability to acquire nutritionally adequate foods in socially acceptable ways
food insecurity
Contributing factors to global hunger
food waste and overpopulation
Natural causes of famine
pests, drought, floods
Economic Research Service
Assists in providing research and analysis on food security issues in developing countries
A situation where a person consumes many calories but without adequate nutrition
Undernutrition
Household food security status
An outcome measure to examine the public’s ability to secure adequate food
All people have access to adequate food at all times for an active and healthy life
Food security
Measures sufficiency of food and very low food security requires intervention
Food Security Survey Model
Low food security is characterized by
Reduced quality, variety, or desirability of diet
One effect of the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1990
development of standardized questionnaires for measuring household food security status
SNAP
Helps low-income families acquire food
WIC
Women, infants, children program
Program that teaches older adults to shop, plan, and prepare nutritious meals
Elderly Nutrition Program
ALSO CONDUCTS HTN ASSESSMENTS
a bulging can of food might contain
botulism
Infections commonly disseminated by ingestion (esp fecal-oral)
cholera, shigellosis
Food Systems Security
locates source of bioterrorism incident and notifies affected families
campylobacter
undercooked poultry
e coli
food contaminated with fecal matter
mycotoxins
mold
glycoalkaloids
potatoes exposed to light
ciguatoxin
fish such as grouper
MSG
(monosodium glutamate)
can cause chest pain, edema, facial numbness, headache
enteritis and diarrhea commonly caused by
e coli, salmonella
___ women should only eat dairy products that have been ___, because ___ can cause ___ and ___ of the newborn
pregnant, pasteurized
listeria can cause spontaneous abortion and congenital infection of the newborn
___ milk can be stored at room temperature
ultra pasteurized
Contaminated water should be boiled for ___
5 minutes
Chicken should be cooked or frozen (under __ F) within ___
20F, 2 days of purchase
Chemical that causes obesity
obesogen
“Made with organic tomatoes, onions, etc.” implies that ___
that items contains at least 70% of certified organic content
Which nutrient needs to be supplied in a bioavailable form for an individual on a vegetarian diet?
Calcium
Which type of food, if consumed, can result in the transmission of campylobacter?
undercooked poultry
A patient presents to the emergency room with symptoms progressing from nausea to oral paresthesia to respiratory distress. The nurse learns that the patient ate grouper fish four hours earlier.
Which chemical toxin should be suspected as causing these symptoms?
Ciguatoxin
Which outcome measure is used to provide insight into the public’s ability to secure adequate food?
Household food security status
Which two federally funded entitlement programs are available in every U.S. community for those who meet income eligibility criteria?
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
Child Nutrition Programs
(Not WIC I guess lol)
