Deck 16: Public Health Enemy Number Twoand Growing

Question 1

Which of the following is the most commonly omitted item from the diet of Americans?

A) Protein
B) Fruits
C) Vegetables
D) Grains

Answer 1

C

Question 2

In 2014, what U.S. city became the first city to pass a law taxing sugary drinks?

A) San Antonio, Texas
B) New York City, New York
C) Berkeley, California
D) Salt Lake City, Utah

Answer 2

C

Question 3

The risks of excess weight are known to be higher for the Asian populations so the BMI cutoffs recommended by the World Health Organization are lower for them.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The typical American eats too much fruit and fiber.

Question 5

The main solution for future problems with osteoporosis is for young women to eat more protein now.

Question 6

From 2009-2016, the average American obtained 7% of calories from sweetened drinks.

Question 7

People with less education and lower incomes are more likely to be active than those of higher socioeconomic status.

Question 8

From 2011-2014, the majority of American youth consumed at least one sugar-sweetened drink each day.

Question 9

From 2011-2014, consumption of milk by Americans ages 2-18 dropped by more than half.

Question 10

Dietary habits, influenced by society and personal choices, are developed over a ______________________.

Question 11

The "5-A-Day" Campaign to improve eating habits by increasing the consumption of fruits and vegetables was created in the state of ______________________ .

Question 12

Dietary surveys conducted by the ______________________ have shown that while the diet of Americans has improved over the past several decades, people fall far short of the federal recommendations.

Question 13

The 2007-2010 NHANES survey on childhood obesity and parental perceptions showed that a large percentage of parents have ______________________ ideas about the status of their children's weight.

Question 14

whats the organization to the appropriate description.
-Recommends no more than 2 hours per day of recreational screen time for children 2 years and older and none for younger children

Question 15

whats the organization to the appropriate description.
-Decided that guidelines for physical activity should be developed similar to dietary guidelines

Question 16

whats the organization to the appropriate description.
-Recommends that physical education classes teach school-age children about the health benefits of physical activity and help them to develop skills that can be applied in lifelong physical fitness activities

Question 17

whats the organization to the appropriate description.
-Recommends thinking in terms of lifelong weight management, encouraging overweight people to try at least to avoid gaining additional weight.

Question 18

whats the weight-drug to the associated characteristic.
-Had to be removed from the market because it caused heart valve problems and pulmonary hypertension

Question 19

whats the weight-drug to the associated characteristic.
-Works by activating the part of the brain that controls hunger

Question 20

whats the weight-drug to the associated characteristic.
-Combination of an appetite suppressant and a drug that was approved to treat epilepsy and migraines

Question 21

whats the weight-drug to the associated characteristic.
-Works by inhibiting the absorption of dietary fats

Question 22

The report of what agency states, "It is paradoxical that obesity is increasing in the United States while more people are dieting than ever before, by one estimate, more than $33 billion per year on weight-reduction projects and services?

A) Institute of Medicine
B) Food and Drug Administration
C) World Health Organization
D) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Question 23

Which of the following are especially unlikely to have a high BMI?

A) Caucasian girls
B) Hispanic girls
C) African-American girls
D) Asian girls

Question 24

Obese children are, for the first time, being diagnosed with what medical condition that was believed to occur almost exclusively in adults?

A) Hypertension
B) Hypercholesterolemia
C) Type I diabetes
D) Type II diabetes

Question 25

Even though many people want to be thinner, getting people to lose weight seems to be even more difficult than getting them to quit smoking.

Question 26

Males with less than 12 years of education are nearly twice as likely to be overweight than male college graduates.

Question 27

Though more study is needed to show exactly why it is true, eating more fruits and vegetables protects against colon and breast cancers.

Question 28

The current image used by the U.S. government to help explain what a healthy meal should look like is a dinner plate consisting of mostly fruit and vegetables.

Question 29

U.S. government policy subsidizes industrial agriculture, which produces high-calorie commodities at the expense of more nutritious produce.

Question 30

Sugary liquids, compared to sugary solid foods, do not decrease the total food consumed, and, therefore, increase calories consumed.

Question 31

_______________________ can be improved by "point of choice" posting of nutritional information, which can help shoppers who are concerned about the nutritional content of food but do not know how to make wise choices.

Question 32

Physical activity during dieting produces a healthier result when weight is lost since lean ________________________ is better maintained.

Question 33

The ________________________ suggest that bariatric surgery may be appropriate for obese people with a BMI of at least 40 and for people with a BMI of 35 together with serious coexisting medical conditions such as diabetes.

Question 34

Whats the appropriate description of the following terms?
-Complex condition influenced by genes as well as by many individual and social factors

Question 35

Whats the appropriate description of the following terms?
-Calculated by dividing a person's weight in kilograms by the square of his/her height in meters

Question 36

Whats the appropriate description of the following terms?
-Body mass index between 25 and 29.9

Question 37

Whats the appropriate description of the following terms?
-Method in which fat distribution is measured

Question 38

Whats the appropriate year of the following events?
-Institute of Medicine published a report called Preventing Childhood Obesity: Health in the Balance, which refers to obesity as a "critical public health threat."

Question 39

Whats the appropriate year of the following events?
-U.S. Census Bureau report found that 34 percent of African-American and 39 percent of Hispanic parents keep their children inside because they believe it is too dangerous to allow them to play outside.

Question 40

Whats the appropriate year of the following events?
-Surgeon General David Satcher organized a public "listening session," which led to the publication of the Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity.