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Which of the following Dietary Reference Intake values represents the amount of a nutrient that is estimated to meet the requirement for the nutrient in half of the people of a specific age and gender?

A) Adequate Intake
B) Estimated Average Requirement
C) Recommended Dietary Allowance
D) Tolerable Upper Intake Level

E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

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How would you rate the effectiveness of the dietary guidance information disseminated by the U.S.government to the population?

A) It has been ineffective, and has resulted in poorer dietary habits among consumers by failing to address the need to limit dietary fat and sodium
B) It has been so effective that it has prevented trends such as eating away from home or increased portion sizes from affecting consumers' nutritional status
C) There is still much room for improvement, because a considerable gap remains between current nutrition recommendations and consumers' practices

D) A) and B)
E) None of the above

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Which of the following is not an example of putting the Dietary Guidelines for Americans into action?

Explain the goals and purpose of the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Program (NNMRRP).

All of the following statements regarding food disappearance data are accurate except:

The Food and Nutrition Board is responsible for evaluating emerging knowledge of nutrient requirements and (with Health Canada)establishing the DRIs.

Define public health surveillance and its purpose.

Which of the following nutrients has/have been classified as current public health issues as demonstrated by several nutrition surveys?

A community nutritionist will need to break down the policy into applicable food choices for the public.

The nation's first comprehensive nutrition survey was the

A systematic method of data collection to prevent the spread of disease in the U.S.has only been in place for the past 50 years.

In 2000,the NHANES and CSFII merged into a single,more cost-effective survey.

The _____ has the responsibility for processing the dietary data derived from the food recalls within the What We Eat in America survey.

Briefly discuss the relationship of nutrition research and nutrition monitoring to U.S.national nutrition policy.

Food group plans promoted in the first half of the 20ᵗʰ century focused on limiting of key nutrients,such as fat and sodium.

Use the following case scenario to answer short answer items. You have been asked to provide a 30-minute, informative presentation to your local high school health class regarding the dietary guidance system. -Develop an outline of what information you would present.

The current food guidance system is called

Describe appropriate uses of current dietary guidance systems.

Which of the following surveys uses clinical,anthropometric,biochemical,and dietary data to assess the nutrition status of Americans?

What is the Healthy Eating Index?