Nutritional Knowledge Quiz
Nutritional Knowledge Quiz
Test your understanding of nutrition, health, and wellness with our comprehensive quiz! With 33 carefully curated questions, you can explore key concepts related to food choices, dietary needs, and healthy habits.
Whether you're a student, teacher, or health enthusiast, this quiz is designed to educate and challenge.
- Understand dietary requirements for different demographics
- Learn about the significance of vitamins and minerals
- Assess your knowledge of mindful eating practices
Why is food one of the most variable parts of a budget?
There is a range of choices at every price level.
Fast food is a choice anyone can afford.
Food is inexpensive in all regions.
Some people prefer to eat food that is very expens
What are the benefits of folic acid for pregnant women?
It aids in an easy delivery.
It helps manage weight gain.
It maintains blood flow to the fetus.
It prevents many types of birth defects.
Skipping a lot of meals can lead to which of the following?
A consistent heart rate
A steady level of energy
The body burning muscle
An increase in blood pressure
The purpose of the meditation exercise described in the unit is to
Teach students how to begin a regular meditation practice.
illustrate what it is like to be really focused on what you are eating.
suggest that eating chocolate involves all of the senses, unlike other foods.
Draw attention to global social issues related to food production and consumption.
During pregnancy, women need more of which of the following?
Fiber
Calcium
Vitamin C
Potassium
Why do older people need more vitamin C than their younger counterparts?
They tend not to eat food high in vitamin C.
Their ability to process vitamin C decreases.
Vitamin C is very important when combating bone loss.
Vitamin C is one of the few vitamins that older people require.
Frozen vegetables are less nutritious than fresh vegetables.
True
False
Part of eating mindfully is choosing activities to meet nonhunger needs. Which of the following is an example of this? Correct!
Exercising to relieve stress
Eating healthy food when you are sad
Having healthy foods on hand for dinner
Reading about health so that you can make good choices
Epidemiology is most concerned with
Defining a balanced diet.
Determining the causes of a disease.
Finding patterns in the spread of disease.
documenting the impact of an established disease.
The DASH diet is designed to help those with
several different kinds of cancers.
Heart disease or high blood pressure.
vitamin deficiencies, such as a lack of iron.
Injuries that make exercise difficult, such as sprains and strains.
Which of the following is true of a chronic condition?
It can be cured easily.
It occurs only in young people or the elderly.
It can be managed with proper care but will always be a health concern.
Factors like diet and medication have very little impact on chronic conditions.
An experiment in which the lifestyles of people with lung cancer are compared with the lifestyles of those who do not have lung cancer is an example of
case-control study.
The scientific method.
An observational study.
A human-intervention study.
Which of the following would occur during the observation and description part of applying the scientific method?
Careful documentation of the process
A thoughtful conclusion based on results
The posing of a question to be answered by the experiment
Doing research to see what similar experiments other scientists have performed
According to the unit, what percentage of a household’s income is usually spent on food?
5.5%
9.4%
12.6%
15.9%
Why is supercouponing not practical for most people?
It takes a lot of time and effort.
There are very few ways to access coupons.
Most of what is presented as supercouponing is fake.
Supercouponing works only if you buy a lot of processed foods.
How much would a 35-year-old woman expect to spend on food on a moderate budget?
$38.10
$55.60
$59.60
$70.00
Building muscle has which of the following effects?
It increases the metabolic rate.
It relieves pressure on the joints.
It slows weight loss considerably.
It causes people to eat healthier foods.
Most dairy products can be used for how long after the sell-by date?
A day
A week
2 weeks
A month
How did a 2015 study prove that there was no cognitive benefit to omega-3 fatty acids?
By requiring everyone participating the study to take them
By seeing if people scored higher on IQ tests after taking them
By comparing the results against other kinds of acid supplements
By getting the same results whether people took supplements or not
According to most recommendations, smoke alarms should be checked once every two years.
True
False
How long do you need to scrub your hands for them to be clean, according to the CDC?
1 minute
20 seconds
40 seconds
10 seconds
Food Intake should be the same every day
True
False
Which of the following is an example of strength training?
Football
Yoga
Cycling
Running
The author includes several definitions of wellness in order to
Make the concept confusing.
Indicate that health is a controversial topic.
show that it is an exceptionally difficult term to define.
Demonstrate that there are several ways to express what wellness means.
How does eating food produced locally benefit the environment?
All local food is organic food.
No local food uses pesticides or preservatives.
It eliminates much of the environmental damage created when transporting food.
It cost more to eat local foods, but the health benefits are worth it.
What does SMART stand for?
Specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, timely
Specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, time-bound
Smart, measurable, achievable, realistic, time based
All of the following could be considered environmental wellness EXCEPT
keeping the area around you neat and clean.
using a lot of pesticides when you garden at home.
working to eliminate pollution from the air and oceans.
trusting that government agencies effectively regulate harmful chemicals.
Sleeping in on the weekends is the best way to make sure that you are not sleep deprived.
True
False
Which of the following is an example of a SMART goal?
Thinking about where you would go if you won the lottery
Planning to look at different colleges with majors that interest you
Knowing that you want to do something to do with cooking or restaurants
Getting an internship at a local real estate agency to lean about the business
Prices are generally higher at warehouse stores than at national supermarket chains.
True
False
Potholders should not be used if they are wet.
True
False
Which of the following is an example of a semiperishable food?
Rice
Cream
Salmon
Zucchini
Approximately how many people die each year from food poisoning?
1,000
3,000
5,000
10,000
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