(PHN) PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION PT. 1
1. Public health nutrition is concerned with the utilization of scientific knowledge to diagnose, treat and prevent diseases at the level of*
b. Community
2. A condition of sustained deficiency, excess or imbalance of energy or nutrients*
c. Malnutrition
3. The basic cause of malnutrition as depicted in the conceptual model of malnutrition*
d. Socio-cultural, access to resources
4. A critical period in life where a window of opportunity can be done to reverse malnutrition*
d. First 1000 days
5. An intervention for pregnant women to prevent neural tube defect of the newborn*
b. Iron with 0.4mg folic acid supplement
6. In the treatment active xerophthalmia, first dose of vitamin A capsule is administered upon diagnosis till the next two weeks, How much Vitamin A is contained in one capsule ?*
c. 200,000 IU
7. The term “hidden hunger” refers to*
b. Micronutrient malnutrition
8. This condition happens when there is a problem with the blood-forming ability of the body to due to lack of essential mineral and related nutrients*
a. Anemia
9. A consequence of low intellectual capacity in childhood due to malnutrition which is carried out through adult life*
a. Poor work performance
10. The most cost effective intervention to prevent and control Iodine Deficiency Disorders*
a. iodized salt
11. A nutrition-specific intervention*
d. Supplementary feeding
12. Which is true about nutrition sensitive programs*
b. Non-nutrition programs that were tweaked to include nutrition outcomes
13. This nutrition system determines the present nutritional status of individuals and populations *
a. Survey
14. In the NCD causation pathway diagram, raised blood pressure, abnormal blood lipids, raised blood sugar and overweight/obesity are considered as*
d. Intermediate risk factors
15. Which is true about malnutrition as a multi-faceted and multi-dimensional problem*
c. Malnutrition solution requires a multi-disciplinary approach
16. The multiple micronutrient supplement (MMS) contains*
b. 13-15 micronutrients with 30 mg iron
17. Before performing any weight measurement, the most important concern is *
a. Calibrate weighing scale
18. Height measurement in children less than two years is termed as*
c. Recumbent Length
19. An measurement to screen abnormalities of head and brain growth during the first year of life*
a. Head circumference
20. In the ASEAN framework of malnutrition, one underlying cause identified is*
b. Sedentary lifestyle and behavior
21. In the 2019 ENNS, this breastfeeding indicator was practiced by most mothers*
d. Timely initiation of breastfeeding within 1 hr after birth
22. The z-score of weight-for-age of a three-year old girl is at -2.5. This value classifies the child as*
c.Moderately underweight
23. The range of weight-for-height z-scores that is classified as ‘normal’*
b. Within -2 to +2 SD
24. One limitation In the use of BMI for nutritional assessment*
c. Does not indicate body fat distribution
25. The BMI of an adult was computed to be 23.9 . In the Asia Pacific classification, BMI is classified as*
c. Overweight
26. The BMI level of an adult classified as chronic energy deficient (CED) is*
a. <18.5
27. A two-year old boy measured by a Barangay Nutrition Scholar had a mid-upper arm circumference(MUAC) of 13.6 cm. In the absence of weight data, this could be interpreted as*
d. Normal
28. Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is the term for cases among children with*
d. Any of these
29. One criteria for discharge of a malnourished child from Intensive care to the home*
c. Appetite
30. A man was measured to have a waist circumference of 103.2 cm and hip circumference of 100 cm. Based on WHO criteria for WC only, this could mean*
c. Subtantially increased
31. An alternate measure to screen for acute malnutrition*
c.Mid upper arm circumference
32. The recommended reference for use in the assessment of school children up to 19 years*
a. BMI-for age, 2007 Reference Tables
33. When the plotted weights of a child shows flattening, it indicates*
c. Warning sign, a need to identify the cause
34. A proxy measure of height measurement*
a. Arm span or knee height
35. This measure is a useful indicator of loss of muscle mass in older persons*
b. Calf circumference
36. A pregnancy weight gain of 0.5 kg per week is desirable for this category of nutritional status*
c. Normal pregnant women
37. A small for gestational age (SGA) newborn weighs this much compared to the average weight of newborns in a population *
c. Less than 10th percentile
38. A simple indirect measure to determine body fat*
d. Skinfold thickness
39. According to WHO, this level of unintentional weight loss is considered a risk factor among adults for a period of six months*
c. Greater than 10%
40. The Subjective Global Assessment (SGA), Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST) and Nutrition Risk Screening Tool ( NRST) are called*
b. Nutrition Screeners
41. A measure of body composition using air displacement method*
b. Plethysmography
42. This techniques uses a small amount of electrical current that pass to the whole body to measure amount of body fat*
a. Bioelectrical impedance
43. This act or legislation provided that breastfeeding facilities should be available in government agencies*
d. RA 10028
44. In biochemical assessment, a static test measures the amount of nutrient or metabolite in the sample. Which of these is a static test?*
c. Serum calcium
45. The creatinine excretion and creatinine-height index indicates the amount of muscle mass and therefore can determine adequacy or deficiency of*
a. Protein
46. When iron supply is limited in the blood, there is an increase in the level of this metabolite*
c. Erythrocyte protoporphyrin
47. How low should the hemoglobin of a preschool child 2 years of age to be described as “anemic”?*
a. <11mg%
48. A test that measures retinol at baseline and 5 hours*
b. Relative dose response
49. The recommended indicator to assess vitamin D deficiency*
b. 25 hydroxy vitamin D
50. A biochemical indicator of iodine deficiency used in most surveys*
d. Urinary Iodine Excretion