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Nutrition For Healthy Living 6th Edition Schiff Test Bank
Student name:
TRUE/FALSE – Write ‘T’ if the statement is true and ‘F’
if the statement is false.
1) According to some nutrition scientists, fiber is a key
beneficial nutrient.
⊚ true
⊚ false
2) According to some nutrition scientists, selenium is a
key beneficial nutrient.
⊚ true
⊚ false
3) According to some nutrition scientists, vitamin E is a
key beneficial nutrient.
⊚ true
⊚ false
4) Vitamin C, iron, and fat are classified as
macronutrients.
⊚ true ⊚ false
5) Jemma, who is 7 months pregnant, suffers from
chronic undernutrition. Based on this information, she has a
higher than average risk of
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a difficult labor and delivering a baby with serious health problems.
⊚ true
⊚ false
6) Children who live in southern Australia and western
Europe are more likely to die before their fifth birthday than
⊚ true
⊚ false
7) Biotechnology involves the use of living things to
improve manufactured products.
⊚ true
⊚ false
8) Bioengineering of food crops may result in better crop
yields and more nutritious grains, fruits, and vegetables.
⊚ true
⊚ false
children living in other
regions of the world.
9) Infants and toddlers who are chronically
undernourished are likely to develop stunting as they reach
school age.
⊚ true ⊚ false
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MULTIPLE CHOICE – Choose the one alternative that
best completes the statement or answers the question.
10) According to the main nutrition-related goal of
Healthy People 2030, Americans should improve their health
by .
A) decreasingtheir intake of refined, enriched, and
fortified foods
B) reducing their children’s exposure to energy-dense
reliable sources
D) making
nutritious food more
available
foods
C) learning how to obtain nutrition information from
11) Which of the following statements is true?
food.
A) Nutrients are life-sustaining phytochemicals in
B) In the United States, poor eating habits contribute
type, birth order, and
sustainability.
D) Most people
are born with the ability to
to some of the ten leading causes of death.
C) A person’s diet is influenced by his or her blood
choose a nutritious diet.
12) Which of the following conditions or diseases is a
leading diet-related cause of death in the United States?
A) Chronic lower respiratory infections
B) Heart disease
C) Suicide
D) Influenza and
pneumonia
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A) Chronic lower respiratory infections
B) Stroke
C) Suicide
D) Influenza and
pneumonia
14) Which of the following conditions or diseases is a
leading diet-related cause of death in the United States?
A) Chronic lower respiratory infections
B) Diabetes
C) Suicide
D) Influenza and
pneumonia
15) Which of the following factors has a major influence
over a person’s food choices?
A) Close friends
B) Blood type
status
C) Vitamin A
D) Birth order
16) A person’s is not a major influence for his
or her food selection practices.
A) place ofresidence
B) blood type
C) mood
D) health status
17) A person’s is (are) not a major influence for
his or her food selection practices.
A) place ofresidence
B) political beliefs
C) moods
D) health status