Deck 24: Nutrition Monitoring and Surveillance

Question 1

Nutrition monitoring of a country's population DOES NOT contribute to the:

A) development of national dietary guidelines
B) evaluation of food fortification programs
C) development of growth charts
D) development of menus in hospitals
E) reporting on progress towards the SDGs

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Nutrition monitoring of a country's population is more likely to:

A) focus on a particular age-group
B) be located in just one area
C) follow an individual over time
D) repeat in similar samples over time
E) use different measures each time

Answer 2

D

Question 3

High BMI was ranked fourth as contributing to the burden of disease globally in 2017. This was assessed in terms of which measure?

A) Years lost due to death (YLL)
B) Years lost due to disability (YLD)
C) Years lost due to death or disability (DALY's)
D) Dollar cost to government medical system
E) Prevalence of various diseases

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT commonly considered a benefit of nutrition monitoring and surveillance:

A) Monitoring the effectiveness of public health strategies.
B) Assessing how common nutrition-related health problems are.
C) Identifying priorities for food and health policy development.
D) Identifying emerging health issues.
E) Identifying persons who would benefit from referral to a health professional.

Question 5

Which type of data is NOT commonly used for nutrition monitoring and surveillance:

A) summary data on food production
B) data on food preferences
C) data on food consumption
D) data on nutrition-related causes of death
E) data on people's anthropometric characteristics

Question 6

Which statement is correct:

A) Nutrition surveys ideally include all people who live in a particular country.
B) Nutrition surveys can be carried out in sub-groups of people within a country, if this subgroup is of particular interest.
C) Nutrition monitoring and surveillance is always based on data collected from individual persons.
D) Nutrition surveys are a low-cost method for assessing nutritional needs in a country.
E) Countries around the world have started to carry out regular nutrition monitoring and surveillance activities around 20 years ago.

Question 7

Which statement is incorrect:

A) Nutrition monitoring and surveillance activities in Australia and New Zealand have primarily been led by governmental organizations.
B) Nutrition monitoring and surveillance activities in Australia and New Zealand have led to important knowledge and understanding of the nutritional status and health priorities in these countries.
C) Nation-wide nutrition surveys have taken place at regular 5-yearly intervals in Australia and New Zealand.
D) Data collected from nutrition monitoring and surveillance surveys in Australia and New Zealand is available to health researchers for further investigations.
E) Estimation of regular food intake has been a core component of nutrition monitoring and surveillance surveys in Australia and New Zealand.

Question 8

Identify five questions to ask when choosing or evaluating methods and indicators for nutrition surveys

Question 9

The Health Minister of your country states that researchers at one of the Universities has carried out a study in which nutritional status was assessed in 1,000 persons two years ago. She argues that therefore there is no need for a new nutrition monitoring survey in your country. Do you agree or disagree with the Health Minister? Discuss your response.

Question 10

An assessment of usual dietary intake provides little information on whether people were able to buy, cook, and eat the foods that they wanted to eat. What questions would you include in a national nutrition survey to measure food security in a country?