ACBN ACBN Community & Public Health Nutrition 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: The US Dietary Guidelines for Americans are updated every how many years and published jointly by which two agencies?
- 5 years; USDA and HHS (Correct answer)
- 10 years; CDC and NIH
- 2 years; FDA and USDA
- 5 years; FDA and CDC
Correct answer: 5 years; USDA and HHS
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans are revised every 5 years by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health and Human Services.
Question 2: The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) provides benefits to participants up to what age?
- 5 years old (Correct answer)
- 2 years old
- 12 years old
- 18 years old
Correct answer: 5 years old
WIC serves pregnant/postpartum women, infants, and children up to their 5th birthday who meet income and nutritional risk criteria.
Question 3: Food insecurity is defined by the USDA as limited or uncertain access to adequate food due to:
- Lack of money and other resources (Correct answer)
- Lack of transportation only
- Geographic remoteness only
- Personal dietary choices
Correct answer: Lack of money and other resources
USDA defines food insecurity as a household-level economic and social condition of limited access to adequate food due to lack of money or other resources.
Question 4: Which public health nutrition intervention is credited with virtually eliminating neural tube defects (NTDs) such as spina bifida in the US?
- Mandatory folic acid fortification of enriched grain products (Correct answer)
- Vitamin D milk fortification
- Iron fortification of infant cereals
- Iodine salt fortification
Correct answer: Mandatory folic acid fortification of enriched grain products
Since 1998, mandatory folic acid fortification of enriched grain products in the US has reduced NTD rates by approximately 35%.
Question 5: The Healthy Eating Index (HEI) is a measure of diet quality based on alignment with:
- The Dietary Guidelines for Americans (Correct answer)
- MyPyramid
- DASH guidelines
- Mediterranean diet principles
Correct answer: The Dietary Guidelines for Americans
HEI scores diet quality on a 100-point scale based on how closely food intake patterns align with the current Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
Question 6: Primary prevention in public health nutrition refers to interventions that:
- Prevent disease before it occurs in healthy populations (Correct answer)
- Detect disease early through screening
- Treat existing disease to prevent complications
- Rehabilitate those with advanced disease
Correct answer: Prevent disease before it occurs in healthy populations
Primary prevention targets healthy individuals to reduce risk factors and prevent disease onset, such as community education on healthy eating habits.
ACBN ACBN Community & Public Health Nutrition 1
The US Dietary Guidelines for Americans are updated every how many years and published jointly by which two agencies?