Nutrition For Health And Health Care 5th Edition By Linda Kelley DeBruyne – Test Bank

Chapter 11 – Nutrition Through the Life Span: Childhood and Adolescence

True/False

1. A child’s appetite begins to diminish around the first birthday.
2. A child’s brain is not affected by iron deficiency until a blood deficit of this mineral develops.
3. Children who eat nutritious breakfasts function better in school than their peers who do not.
4. Allergic reactions to foods always occur within 3-4 hours after the food is consumed.
5. Children’s food aversions may be the result of nature’s efforts to protect them from allergic or other adverse reactions.
6. Children who spend more than two hours each day watching television or other media can become obese even while consuming fewer kcalories than more active children.
7. Children forced to try new foods are less likely to try those foods again than are children who are left to decide for themselves.
8. The more often a food is presented to a young child, the less likely the child will like that food.
9. Children of nonobese parents have less than a 10% chance of becoming an obese adult.
10. Teenage boys experience a more intense growth spurt and develop more lean body mass than girls do.
11. Restricting dietary sodium causes an immediate drop in most children’s and adolescents’ blood pressure.
12. Saturated fat need not be limited in the diets of children younger than 5 years of age.
13. Adult heart disease is a major pediatric problem.

Answer Key (ANS = answer, DIF = level of difficulty, REF = page reference, TOP = chapter section)

True/False
1. ANS: T DIF: Knowledge-level REF: 316 TOP: 11.1.1
2. ANS: F DIF: Knowledge-level REF: 320 TOP: 11.1.2
3. ANS: T DIF: Knowledge-level REF: 320 TOP: 11.1.2
4. ANS: F DIF: Knowledge-level REF: 323 TOP: 11.1.4
5. ANS: T DIF: Knowledge-level REF: 324 TOP: 11.1.4
6. ANS: T DIF: Knowledge-level REF: 327 TOP: 11.1.6
7. ANS: T DIF: Knowledge-level REF: 331 TOP: 11.1.7
8. ANS: F DIF: Knowledge-level REF: 331 TOP: 11.1.7
9. ANS: T DIF: Knowledge-level REF: 326 TOP: 11.1.6
10. ANS: T DIF: Knowledge-level REF: 337 TOP: 11.2
11. ANS: T DIF: Knowledge-level REF: 348 TOP: NIP 11
12. ANS: F DIF: Knowledge-level REF: 348 TOP: NIP 11
13. ANS: T DIF: Knowledge-level REF: 349 TOP: NIP 11