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Nutrition Coaching Certification: Questions/Answers
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Nutrition Coaching Certification: Questions/AnswersClients often confide in the Nutrition Coach. Which client conversation would
be grounds for a referral to a licensed healthcare professional? Right Ans -
Chronic Fatigue
When working with a client who has been complaining of low back pain that
has been getting worse, what is the most appropriate recommendation?
Right Ans - Refer her to a chiropractor
With which client would it be most appropriate for the Nutrition Coach to
work? Right Ans - Overweight
A client confides that she is taking laxatives to help her lose weight. What is
the best course of action? Right Ans - Refer her to a Certified Eating
Disorder Specialist.
Where should client files be kept to ensure client confidentiality? Right Ans
- In a locked and secure location
To ensure the client is retaining any shared information, it is important that
the content presented is perceived to be important and what other quality?
Right Ans - Based on prior experience
Which statement best describes the healthcare continuum? Right Ans - The
many disciplines that make up the healthcare system
A client has several relatives who have recently been diagnosed with cancer.
She has been reading many books about natural health and is interested in
taking herbal supplements that will help prevent cancer. What is the best
course of action? Right Ans - Refer her to a pharmacist or her physician.
A Nutrition Coach is sitting down with a new client for her initial evaluation.
She noted on her Health History Questionnaire that she has never been able to
maintain permanent weight loss and confides that she has made herself throw
up after eating large meals. What is the best course of action? Right Ans -
Refer her to a clinical psychologist.
,A new client has just moved into the area. She states that she occasionally
suffers from anxiety and panic attacks and needs to renew her prescription
medications. To which healthcare professional should she be referred?
Right Ans - Psychiatrist
A new client is 6-weeks post-partum. She states that she has very little energy
and feels sadness most of the time. What is the most appropriate course of
action? Right Ans - Refer her to a clinical psychiatrist.
During a regular meeting, a client is complaining of irregular gastrointestinal
issues, ranging from diarrhea to constipation. What is the best course of
action? Right Ans - Advise him to make an appointment with his personal
physician.
According to the scope of practice for a Nutrition Coach, which is an example
of an appropriate resource for determining daily caloric intake? Right Ans -
Dietary Guidelines for Americans
According to the SCOFF eating disorder assessment, how many positive
answers might indicate an eating disorder? Right Ans - 2
Scientists perform a study looking at the effects of caffeine on vertical jump
performance. On one day, they give all the subjects caffeine followed by
vertical jump tests. Two weeks later, they give all the subjects a placebo
followed by the same vertical jump tests. Which term best describes this study
design? Right Ans - Crossover
A scientist observes that people tend to perform better in a weight training
session after consuming a pre-workout supplement. The scientist proposes
that the caffeine in the supplement is increasing arousal, leading to increased
performance. Which term best describes this scientist's proposal? Right
Ans - Hypothesis
A scientist proposes that sugar is inherently fattening, independent of its
calorie content. If that proposal is true, then that would mean that high-sugar
diets should increase fat gain independent of their calorie content. What term
describes this potential consequence? Right Ans - Prediction
, Scientists perform a study tracking 10,000 people over a 10-year period. They
look at their sugar intake at the beginning of the study and then see who
develops diabetes over the study duration. Which term best describes this
study? Right Ans - cohort study
Which term refers to a hypothesis or set of hypotheses for which a large body
of high quality evidence has been accumulated? Right Ans - Theory
What is an example of descriptive research? Right Ans - Survey
Which item represents a high quality, non-peer reviewed source of
information? Right Ans - academic textbook
Scientists find that a protein supplement increases lean mass in the elderly.
However, they caution that the results may not apply to other populations,
like younger people. What term best describes what the scientists are
referring to? Right Ans - External Validity
Scientists take 5000 people and have them fill out questionnaires on their
dairy intake. They then compare cancer rates between people with high
intakes and low intakes. What type of study is this? Right Ans -
observational
Scientists randomly assign subjects to a low or high carbohydrate group and
then look at changes in body weight over 3 months. Which item represents the
independent variable in this study? Right Ans - diet type
Which observational study design allows scientists to hypothesize a potential
causal association? Right Ans - cohort study
A scientist proposes that sugar is inherently fattening, and performs a study
comparing a high-sugar diet to a low-sugar diet with equal calories. He finds
that fat gain was the same between the diets. Which term describes how this
study effects the initial proposal? Right Ans - Falsification
Which of the following represents the lowest level of evidence? Right Ans -
non-peer reviewed media
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