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NSC 150 Exam 2 Questions with Correct Answers Which of the following is a known dietary risk factor for cancer? (Select all that apply) - Answer-Obesity and alcohol intake During which point along the food supply chain is food susceptible to microbial contamination? - Answer-Production, Process...

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NSC 150 Exam 2 Questions with
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Which of the following is a known dietary risk factor for cancer? (Select all that apply) -
Answer-Obesity and alcohol intake

During which point along the food supply chain is food susceptible to microbial
contamination? - Answer-Production, Processing, Distribution, Retail and Preparation
(All of the above)

Which of the following are public health concerns associated with industrialized
agriculture? - Answer-Risk of farmworker injury, pesticide exposure, antibiotic
resistance, airborne particulates emitted from animal production (all of the above)

A person who experiences food insecurity has inadequate financial resources to
consistently access safe, adequate and nutritious food. - Answer-True

Which of the following are characteristics of the standard American diet (select all that
apply)? - Answer-overconsumption of added sugars and inadequate intake of
vegetables

6 principles of the CFS: - Answer-1. Focus on needs of low-income populations
2. define food security as part of wide social issues and policies
3. encourage locally grown food
4. emphasize community self-reliance and empowerment, rather than food relief
5. promote a democratic, community-responsive food system
6. include talents, participation of people in community

CFS Coalition (1994): - Answer--community nutritionist and educators
-sustainable agriculture researchers and activists
-anti-hunger and community development researchers and activists

Benefits of CFS - Answer--sustainable
-enhance health
-prevent hunger
-strengthen local economy
-protect the environment

Strategies of CFS - Answer--federal level: support community projects, farmer's
markets, funding, for healthy food production
-state level: finance supermarkets in underserved communities
-Community: Community gardens

, Limitations of CFS - Answer--food insecurity is measured at a household level, CFS at a
community level
-CFS research is limited because there is no clear consistent definition of CFS
-something is not inherently sustainable or healthy just because it is natural or locally
grown


Obesity(20%) heavier than healthy weight for a given height - Answer-36% of
Americans

Type 2 diabetes - Answer-Chronic condition in which the body cannot properly absorb
glucose(blood sugar) AKA- insulin resistance.

Diabetes and pre-diabetes - Answer-57% of US population

Cancer - Answer-21% of US deaths. Dietary factors account for 1/3 of cancers in
western countries

Ecosystem - Answer-biological community of interacting living organisms and their
physical surroundings

Ecological integrity - Answer-Ability of an ecosystem to maintain healthy functioning

Benefits from ecosystem - Answer-Provisioning: direct provision of food, water, clothes,
medicine
Regulating: natural control of processes
Cultural: psychological and emotional benefits. Recreational use
Supporting: services need for production of all other services

What percent of ecosystem services are being degraded or used unsustainably -
Answer-60%

Freshwater - Answer-Agriculture uses 70% of freshwater worldwide

Carbon footprint - Answer-Greenhouse gas emissions caused by an individual

Ecological footprint - Answer-Amount of land it takes to support an individual's lifestyle

Health disparities - Answer-differences in health status between groups of people based
on factors such as socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity, education, environmental
exposures

Health inequities - Answer-When disparities result from "systemic, avoidable, unfair, and
unjust" practices and polices, sustained over time, beyond control of individuals

Root causes of food system related inequities - Answer-Poverty
Low access to food

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