Nutrition And Diet Therapy 9th Edition By Linda Kelley DeBruyne – Test Bank

True / False

1. A low birthweight baby has a statistically greater chance of contracting diseases and dying early in life.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: 11.1 Pregnancy: The Impact of Nutrition on the Future
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: NUTR.DEBR.16.11.01 – Explain the importance of a healthy diet and other lifestyle choices before and during a pregnancy, discuss nutrient needs of and recommended food choices for pregnant women, and identify the special nutritional needs of a pregnant teenager.

2. Because of the dangers of obesity, an overweight woman should try to gain little or no weight during pregnancy.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: 11.1 Pregnancy: The Impact of Nutrition on the Future
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: NUTR.DEBR.16.11.01 – Explain the importance of a healthy diet and other lifestyle choices before and during a pregnancy, discuss nutrient needs of and recommended food choices for pregnant women, and identify the special nutritional needs of a pregnant teenager.

3. Increasing maternal fluid intake does not increase breast milk volume.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: 11.2 Breastfeeding
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: NUTR.DEBR.16.11.02 – Summarize the nutrient needs of women during lactation and contraindications to breastfeeding.

4. A lactating mother should avoid all types of oral contraceptives.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: 11.2 Breastfeeding
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: NUTR.DEBR.16.11.02 – Summarize the nutrient needs of women during lactation and contraindications to breastfeeding.

5. Babies born to obese women are more likely to be large for gestational age, weighing more than 9 pounds.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: 11.1 Pregnancy: The Impact of Nutrition on the Future
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: NUTR.DEBR.16.11.01 – Explain the importance of a healthy diet and other lifestyle choices before and during a pregnancy, discuss nutrient needs of and recommended food choices for pregnant women, and identify the special nutritional needs of a pregnant teenager.

6. Alcohol easily enters breast milk and can adversely affect the production, volume, composition, and ejection of breast milk, as well as overwhelm an infant’s immature alcohol-degrading system.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: 11.2 Breastfeeding
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: NUTR.DEBR.16.11.02 – Summarize the nutrient needs of women during lactation and contraindications to breastfeeding.

7. A nursing woman produces about 100 ounces of milk a day.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: 11.2 Breastfeeding
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: NUTR.DEBR.16.11.02 – Summarize the nutrient needs of women during lactation and contraindications to breastfeeding.

8. A man’s nutrition usually does not affect his fertility or the genetic contributions he makes to his children.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: 11.1 Pregnancy: The Impact of Nutrition on the Future
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: NUTR.DEBR.16.11.01 – Explain the importance of a healthy diet and other lifestyle choices before and during a pregnancy, discuss nutrient needs of and recommended food choices for pregnant women, and identify the special nutritional needs of a pregnant teenager.

9. Improper breastfeeding position is a frequent cause of sore nipples.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: 11.3 Nutrition in Practice: Encouraging Successful Breastfeeding
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: NUTR.DEBR.16.11.03 – Identify factors that encourage or discourage women to breastfeed their infants and describe approaches for initiating and resolving problems during breastfeeding.

10. Breastfeeding should not being until one month following birth.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES: 11.3 Nutrition in Practice: Encouraging Successful Breastfeeding
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: NUTR.DEBR.16.11.03 – Identify factors that encourage or discourage women to breastfeed their infants and describe approaches for initiating and resolving problems during breastfeeding.