HNF250 Exam 1 Questions and Answers All Correct
What study design determines prevalence of a disease or exposure? - Answer- cross-sectional
What's a strength of using case-control studies when investigation an association? - Answer- good for rare diseases
Type of study design - a group of i...
HNF250 Exam 1 Questions
and Answers All Correct
What study design determines prevalence of a disease or exposure? - Answer- cross-
sectional
What's a strength of using case-control studies when investigation an association? -
Answer- good for rare diseases
Type of study design - a group of individuals in the Bay City area of Michigan are
followed for 20 years to see how many cases of lung cancer develop. Each year during
the study, blood samples are collected to examine for biomarkers and tobacco use and
other environmental contaminants. - Answer- Cohort study
Type of study design - a study was performed to search the literature and examine if
low doses of aspirin decreases myocardial infarction risk. The study examined 12
studies and pooled results from each. - Answer- Meta-analysis
What 2 studies have to generate recommendations/formulated guidelines? - Answer-
meta-analysis and/or systematic review
What's a "washout" period? - Answer- Period of time in a crossover study in which
patients receive no treatments
Type of study design - Pancreatic cancer patients were identified using hospital
registries and were matched to similar aged individuals who didn't have pancreatic
cancer. Researchers want to compare current and past coffee drinking habits to see if
there is an association between pancreatic cancer and coffee drinking - Answer- Case -
control
Type of study design - both height and weight were measured simultaneously and
Ecuadorian children to determine if obesity prevalence is difference between rural and
urban communities - Answer- cross-sectional
What does "diaita" mean? - Answer- manner of living
When and what was the first dietary recommendation? - Answer- 2500 BC refrain from
eating onions
What was the typical hospital menu in Britain in 1123? - Answer- bread and beer
, When was the first cookbook printed that referenced how to nourish the body? -
Answer- 1480
In the 18th century, what were patients served bread and beer? - Answer- 5 oz of meat
What was the typical US hospital meal in 1751? - Answer- mush and molasses with
beer
When was fruit added to the US hospital food? - Answer- 1812
Who established food service for troops and reduced death rates of injured soldiers? -
Answer- Florence Nightingale
When and who was the first dietician? - Answer- Late 1800s, Sarah Rorer
When and what is the Atwater bill? - Answer- 1894, agricultural appropriation bills for
$10,000 for food investigation
When did the US department of agriculture publish the first diet composition table -
Answer- 1896
When was the first dietetics school internship created? - Answer- 1903
Who discovered amines in 1912? - Answer- Casimir Funk
When was the national school lunch act created? - Answer- 1946
When did the USDA begin food assistance to low income populations in the US (similar
time as WIC) - Answer- 1970s
When and who created the RDAs - Answer- 1941 Franklin Roosevelt
What was the "Basic Four" in 1956? - Answer- milk, meat, fruits/veggies, grain
What was a major nutrition success from ancient times to 1900? - Answer- wiped out
deficiencies and balanced diet and reduced under-nutrition
What's the focus now? - Answer- chronic disease
When did the Framingham Heart Study begin? - Answer- 1948
What's the main goal of the Framingham Heart Study? - Answer- to identify common
factors/characteristics of CVD
When did the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) begin? - Answer- 1991
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