Explain why health promotion is a major component of health care reform at the national level


It is ultimately less expensive to prevent disease than to treat disease.

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A water-treatment method in which water is filtered through a screen to eliminate chemical

contaminants and microorganisms is known as A) reverse filtration. B) micron filtration. C) distillation filtration. D) ozonation filtration.

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Match the correct answer with the appropriate term.

_______ 1. Diet-planning principle of consuming a number of foods in proportion to each other _______ 2. Measure that shows a food has more iron than another food when expressed per kcalorie _______ 3. Origin of the MyPlate graphic _______ 4. Number of major food groups _______ 5. Legume belonging to the starch category of food lists _______ 6. Part of grain rich in fiber _______ 7. Part of grain containing starch _______ 8. Nutrient added in grain enrichment process _______ 9. Example of a fortified food _______ 10. Commonly used to make textured vegetable protein _______ 11. Number of discretionary kcalories in a 2,000-kcalorie diet _______ 12.Estimated daily energy needed for a sedentary 60-year old woman in kcalories _______ 13. Maximum number of grams of fat recommended on a 2000-kcalorie diet based on the Daily Value _______ 14. Serving size (equivalent to 1 oz of grains) of cooked rice in the USDA Food Patterns _______ 15. Claim on food labels requiring FDA approval _______ 16. Agency that developed the Daily Values _______ 17. Grams of fat supplied by a 1200-kcalorie diet that is 30% fat _______ 18. A health claim allowed on food labels _______ 19. Claim that does not require FDA approval to appear on a food label _______ 20. Nutrient commonly added in soy milk fortification process a. 5 b. 40 c. 78 d. 1/2 cup e. Health claim f. FDA g. Bran h. Iron i. USDA j. Soybeans k. Green peas l. Balance m. Vitamin B12 n. 1,600 o. Endosperm p. Nutrient density q. Sodium and hypertension r. Structure-function claim s. 270 t. Orange juice containing added calcium

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Households in which a child's meal size was reduced or one or more of the household members did not eat regularly are categorized as having ____ food security

a. high b. marginal c. low d. very low

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All of the following describe the science of nutrition except:

1.It is the study of foods and health. 2.It examines the effect of chemical constituents on body processes. 3.It is an interdisciplinary science. 4.The study of nutrition uses subjective methods.

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