Ana takes her grandparents out to eat every Sunday at their favorite buffet-style restaurant,
which offers only a limited selection of vegetables. Which of the following would be the most
fiber-rich vegetable option for the diners?
A) 2 cups of iceberg lettuce B) 1 cup of creamed corn
C) 1 cup of cooked broccoli D) 6 spears of steamed asparagus
C
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Interventions are required to ensure adequate growth and development of infants when feeding problems are identified. Which intervention would be least helpful?
A. assessing growth less frequently B. monitoring the infant's intake of all liquids and foods to ensure enough is being consumed C. changing the frequency and volume of feedings as needed D. increasing the nutrient density of foods or fluids E. adjusting nutrition goals to the infant's development abilities
A nutrition researcher adds 30 mg of the mineral iron to the daily diet of 50 4-week-old laboratory mice. After ten weeks, the scientist takes blood samples from each mouse. According to his findings, the mice developed abnormal levels of certain enzymes in their red blood cells. Based on this information and your knowledge of scientific research, what would you tell him?
A. He should call a press conference and report his findings to the public, so they can avoid consuming excess iron. B. He should consider his findings as an observation and redesign the study to include a control group. C. He should report his findings to other nutrition scientists, so they can repeat his study and confirm the results. D. He should prepare a research article that describes his study and its results for submission to a peer-reviewed nutrition journal.
Older adults encounter the following problem that interferes with vitamin B12 ingestion and/or absorption:
a. synthetic B12 is not absorbed well. b. increased secretion of gastric acids. c. foods cannot be fortified with vitamin B12. d. inflammation of the stomach with decreased functioning of the gastric mucosa and glands.
What is the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act?