Exam 1: Introduction to Nutritional Assessment

The step in the Nutrition Care Process that involves objectively determining whether and to what extent the goals of the intervention have been met is known as __________.

An example of a reference standard for food and nutrient intake against which an estimate of the patient's nutrient intake can be compared is the Dietary Guidelines for Americans.

While the term epidemic is typically used to describe a marked increase in the number of cases of an infectious or communicable disease over a certain period of time,the term can appropriately be used to describe a marked increase in noncommunicable diseases or other adverse health conditions such as obesity.

Nutrition diagnostic terms that describe problems related to inadequate,excessive,or inappropriate food or nutrient consumption are part of the __________ domain.

Data on food and beverage intake based on information provided by a patient or a member of the patient's family are considered to be objective information.

The medical diagnosis and the nutrition diagnosis are the same.

The term __________ has been coined to identify what many epidemiologists consider to be a global epidemic of obesity.

The activities necessary to provide timely information about the contributions of food and nutrient consumption and nutritional status to the health of a population group or nation are known as __________.

A clinical approach for assessing nutritional status that relies on information collected by the clinician through observation and interviews at the patient's bedside is known as __________.

Although noncommunicable diseases such as coronary heart disease and type 2 diabetes are becoming more prevalent,the World Health Organization estimates that by the year 2020 communicable or infectious diseases will continue to be the leading causes of death worldwide.