Exam 4: Us Nutrition Monitoring and Food Assistance Programs

All seniors 60 years of age and older and a spouse of any age are eligible to participate in the elder nutrition program.

Households with children that have reduced the children's food intake to an extent that it implies the children have experienced the physical sensation of hunger are classified as food insecure with moderate hunger.

Studies show that welfare reform causes all of the following except:

What is the terms of the following definition. -Serves nutritious meals and snacks to eligible children and adults who are enrolled for care at participating child care centers, day care homes, and adult care centers.

Which of the following describes individuals who don't have a fixed regular and adequate nighttime residence?

Homeless individuals have _________(on an emergency basis only) or no access to health care, and in most cases have problems ______________________.

When households with children that have reduced the children's food intake to an extent that it implies the children have experienced the physical sensation of hunger, and adults in households with and without children have repeatedly experienced more extensive reductions in food intake at this stage, the household is said to be:

Individuals who do not have a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence are called:

What is the program that distributes commodity foods directly to households when normal commercial food supply channels have been disrupted?

A 3-year-old child had a checkup 1 month ago and he was in the 25th to 50th percentile for weight for age. Six months later, he was charted closer to the 50th to 75th percentile. Nutrition-monitoring data that was used to develop the population reference standards for this child is set by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Which of the following is not a common nutrition-related health condition for homeless individuals.

Lisa is considering enrolling in the WIC program. She is 35 years old, and is a single mother of one and expecting another child. She needs assistance with paying for groceries, but she is not sure what the qualifications are to be able to enroll in WIC. To which group(s) does the WIC program provide with nutritious foods?

The National School Lunch Program allows local school districts to serve lunch without cost or at a reduced cost to families with income between 130 percent and 185 percent poverty level.

In 2010, what percentage of households in the United States was food insecure?

The _________ provides free meals to all eligible participants and children up to the age of 18 years from households with incomes at or below 185 percent of the poverty guidelines. Most sites can provide up to two meals (breakfast and lunch or breakfast and dinner) or one meal and a snack a day.

When food intake for adults in the household has been reduced to an extent that it implies the adults have repeatedly experienced the physical sensation of hunger, and such reductions are not observed at this stage for children in the household, the household is said to be:

Which of the following populations had a high incidence of poverty and hunger within the household?

The National School Lunch Program directs students to pay the full price for lunches, but allows local school districts to serve lunch without cost or at a reduced cost to any child who is unable to pay the full cost.

Being food secure implies that a person or family has no or minimal evidence of food insecurity.

SNAP households are expected to spend what percent of their resources on food?