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NUSC 3230 Final Exam Questions AndComplete Answers
Food security - Answer access by all people at all times to enough food for an active
healthy life
food insecurity - Answer limited or uncertain ability to acquire or consume adequate
quality or sufficient quantity of food in socially acceptable ways
Pandemic EBT expansion - Answer reduced the share of families in SNAP households
where children experienced food insecurity by 17%
reduced food insufficiency among SNAP households by 28%
had the largest effects in alleviating food hardships in states w high school closure rates
Components of food security - Answer quantity, quality, suitability, psychological, social
quantity - Answer is there sufficient quantity of food
quality - Answer is food nutritionally adequate
suitability - Answer is food culturally acceptable and the capacity for storage and
preparation appropriate
psychological - Answer do the type and quantity of food alleviate anxiety, lack of choice,
and feelings of deprevation
social - Answer are the methods of getting food socially acceptable
Poverty in the US - Answer having too little money to meet minimum needs for food,
clothing, and shelter, 14.5% lived in poverty and 20% of children
Poverty thresholds - Answer dollar amounts below which a family would be viewed as
living in poverty
Poverty guidelines - Answer simplified version of poverty thresholds, used for admin
purposes
Food insecure in US - Answer poor and working poor, young, older adults, minorities,
inner city, rural, souther/western states, farmers, homeless
Poverty stats - Answer 37.2 million, increase for whites and Hispanics, blacks have
highest poverty rate
Very low food security - Answer reports of multiple indications of disrupted eating
,patterns and food intake, due to lack of money or food
Highest food insecure group - Answer blacks and hispanics
Highest food insecure region - Answer The south
Causes of food insecurity - Answer unemployment, poverty, low wages, high housing
and health care costs
Reducing food insecurity - Answer affordable housing, SNAP benefits, more job training
programs
Considerations related to food insecurtiy - Answer poverty = root of food insecurity,
diets are inadequate, can lead to health programs, low paying jobs
History food assistance programs - Answer 1960-1970 hunger was prevalent, new
programs developed to prevent malnutrition, hunger diminished till 1980s until Reagan
admin
Nutrition assistance programs overview - Answer USDA Food and nutrition service has
15 programs to provide low-income citizens w food or money for food
Head start and food programs for elderlu - Answer administered by the DHHS
Disaster feeding - Answer administered by department of homeland security
Federal domestic food assistance programs - Answer programs are in partnership w
states
Top 5 food assistance programs - Answer SNAP, national school lunch, WIC, school
breakfast program, child and adult care food program
SNAP goal - Answer improve diets of low income households by increasing access to
food and food purchasing ability
SNAP entitlement - Answer 130% or less of poverty line + criteria
SNAP - Answer supplemental nutritional assistance program
SNAP eligibility - Answer income, household size, assets, housing costs, work
requirements
How benefits are calculates - Answer net income x .3 = expected expenses on food
allotment - # from above = benefits
SNAP long term benefits - Answer less days off work, economic stimulus, stimulates
farm production and farm jobs
Where can use SNAP - Answer any grocery store, convenience store, pharmacy, corner
store, some farmers markets
, SNAP ineligible items - Answer alcohol, nonfood products such as soaps, paper
products, vitamins and meds, hot foods, pet foods, foods eaten in store
National school lunch program - Answer 2nd largest nutrition assistance program, 1946,
operates in public schools and nonprofit private schools, and residential childcare
Free lunch - Answer 130% or less of poverty
Reduced lunch cost - Answer 185% or less of poverty
Healthy hunger free kids act of 2010 - Answer major changes to school meals in past 15
years: more f and v, less meat, whole grains, 1% or less fat milk, low sodium levels
Weekly vegetable requirements for school - Answer dark green, red-orange, beans,,
starchy, increased to 1 cup vegetables
Impact of child nutrition programs on diets - Answer positive effect on the consumption
of milk, fruits, vegetables, and vitamins and minerals, some evidence that had too much
fat in menu items
National school breakfast program - Answer became permanent in 1975, not as
widespread as NSLP, operates in same manner as NSLP
Foods provided by school breakfast programs - Answer 1 cup fat-free milk, 1 cup fruit,
whole grains
WIC history - Answer 1972 as amendment to child nutrition act 1966
WIC goal - Answer to serve as an adjunct to good health care, during critical times of
growth and development
WIC assumptions - Answer 1. inadequate nutritional intakes and health behaviors of
low-income women, infants, and children make them vulnerable to adverse health
outcomes
2. nutrition intervention at critical periods of growth and development will prevent
health problems and improve health status
WIC activites - Answer provides supplemental foods for pregnant women and women 6
months after birth non breastfeeding, 1 year if breastfeeding, infants, children up to 5
WIC food package - Answer supplies 5 nutrients:
vitamin A
vitamin c
calcium
iron
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