Exam 33: Aspects of Global Nutrition

Which factor promotes the development of infectious disease,especially in countries where contaminated water is used to prepare formula?

Young children with _____ appear to be genetically susceptible to developing faulty protein utilization mechanisms when chronically exposed to protein and calorie shortages.

Changes in nutrition-related indicators and health status that accompany the various phases of the nutrition transition occur largely due to economic development and modifications in the food supply.

On average,individuals in countries with high human development scores live for over _____ years.​

Iodization of salt has eliminated iodine deficiency in Ecuador.

As an extra credit assignment,Professor Thompson has his nutrition class study different countries around the world with high malnutrition.For the project,students are asked to research a number of topics such as the number of low-birthweight newborns,prevalence of underweight children,rates of breastfeeding,and access to safe drinking water to learn more about each selected country.The students are then asked to give a brief report of their findings,along with possible strategies for helping the assigned country.Several commonalities are discovered among the students' reports. -One key strategy that students identify to reduce deaths related to malnutrition in infants and young children is to increase rates of _____.

When the percentage of low birthweight newborns is high in a country undernutrition is generally common.

Only small differences exist in standards of living and health status among people in the world's countries.

Deficiencies of iodine,zinc,and _____ are common in some developing countries.

As an extra credit assignment,Professor Thompson has his nutrition class study different countries around the world with high malnutrition.For the project,students are asked to research a number of topics such as the number of low-birthweight newborns,prevalence of underweight children,rates of breastfeeding,and access to safe drinking water to learn more about each selected country.The students are then asked to give a brief report of their findings,along with possible strategies for helping the assigned country.Several commonalities are discovered among the students' reports. -Students reported that over _____ million people in the world are infected with HIV.

Approximately half of pregnant women and young children in the world are _____ deficient.

In regions of the world with low levels of human development,_____ affects an average of 24% of the population.

​In populations undergoing the nutrition transition the rate of _____ increases.

Undernutrition is an ongoing problem for up to ______% of children under the age of 5 in regions of the world with low levels of human development.

Which condition is characterized by swelling,fatty liver,susceptibility to infection,profound apathy,and poor appetite?

Vitamin A deficiency is related to _____.

​Discuss the priority problem areas related to malnutrition in developing countries.

Children who are deficient in vitamin C are more likely to die from a measles infection than children whose vitamin status is sufficient.

The world's agricultural systems do not have the capacity to produce enough food to feed everyone on earth.

As an extra credit assignment,Professor Thompson has his nutrition class study different countries around the world with high malnutrition.For the project,students are asked to research a number of topics such as the number of low-birthweight newborns,prevalence of underweight children,rates of breastfeeding,and access to safe drinking water to learn more about each selected country.The students are then asked to give a brief report of their findings,along with possible strategies for helping the assigned country.Several commonalities are discovered among the students' reports. -Several students in Professor Thompson's class also discover that as countries undergo nutritional transition,the rate of _____ increases.