What exists when the quality, variety, and/or desirability of the diet is reduced and there is difficulty at times providing enough food for everyone in the household?

The primary physiological (internal) drive to find and eat food is called ________.

What is the term for a condition of impaired development or function caused by a chronic deficiency or excess in calorie and/or nutrient intake?

A deficiency of ______ is a leading cause of preventable blindness around the world.

What situation associated with malnutrition is often a result of crop failures, war, and political unrest?

What is it called when the quality, variety, and/or desirability of the diet are reduced and there is difficulty at times providing enough food for everyone in the household?

What is the primary physiological (internal) drive to find and eat food?

Impaired function caused by either a chronic deficiency or excess in calorie and/or nutrient intake is called ___________.

Long-term hunger is associated with increased susceptibility to ______disease.

Select all that apply Choose the micronutrients (vitamins and minerals) that are most critically missing from diets worldwide.

________ is an extreme shortage of food, which leads to massive starvation in a population.

Approximately what percent of people in the United States are living at or below the poverty level?

SNAP recipients are given ______ to purchase food and garden seeds.

Select all that apply In the grocery store, SNAP participants may use their EBT cards to purchase:

Select all that apply Which of the following are associated with chronic hunger?

Which program helps children who come to school hungry?

How many Americans live at or below the Federal Poverty Level?

Low-income children of school age are eligible for:

Individuals who are eligible for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) are able to purchase food and garden seeds using:

SNAP benefits can be used to purchase alcohol, as long as it will be used in cooking.

What is the name of the program that provides food vouchers and nutrition education to pregnant and lactating women and their children?

The School Breakfast Program was established for children:

Events similar to those that cause situational poverty (e.g., a medical emergency, death in the family, loss of a job) can lead to:

The National School Lunch Program enables students to receive free or reduced lunches based on:

Terry wants to distribute food to the people who are homeless in his community. Which of the following foods would be most useful for a person who is homeless?

_________ has been identified as a disease that significantly contributes to undernutrition in developing nations because it reduces worker productivity and costs so much to treat.

With reference to the WIC program, W stands for Women, I stands for Infants, and C stands for Children.

Worldwide hunger is primarily an outcome of:

Select all that apply War can lead to malnutrition because:

Select all that apply Which of the following factors may lead to homelessness?

Select all that apply What are some issues that keep the homeless from obtaining food assistance?

Select all that apply Choose the reasons why poverty is increasing in the developing world.

Environmentally unsustainable farming methods are undermining food production, especially in:

What is the primary cause of undernutrition in the developing world?

Select all that apply What are the two things that almost always contribute to undernutrition in developing countries?

Civil disruptions and wars ______ massive undernutrition and set back the progress of addressing poverty.

Areas of the world with a high prevalence of HIV/AIDS are at increased risk of reduced nutrition security.

How is HIV transmitted from person to person?

Direct food aid is a long-term solution that should be utilized for developing countries.

Select all that apply In the developing world, agricultural production is:

Select all that apply Undernutrition is usually accompanied by which of the following two factors?

Select all that apply What are areas in which the Peace Corps has helped improve conditions in developing nations?

Select all that apply Select the ways in which HIV/AIDS impacts nutrition security.

Select all that apply The Sustainable Development Goals aim to improve gender equality by increasing women's access to:

Which of the following is true about the HIV virus?

The long-term solution for getting food aid to developing countries is to:

Maintaining or enhancing the land and natural resources for the long term, as well as taking into consideration human resources and consumer health and safety, are all principles of:

How has the Peace Corps helped to improve conditions in developing nations?

The Sustainable Development Goals aim to improve nutrition security for women by:

The first farmer to improve stocks by selectively breeding the best bull with the best cows was using biotechnology.

Select all that apply Which of the following are goals of sustainable development?

The manipulation of the genetic makeup of an organism with recombinant DNA technology is known as:

Corn has been genetically modified by the insertion of a gene that:

Genetic modification to produce crops with increased micronutrient content may help to reduce malnutrition in some areas of the world.

Breeding the best bull with the best cows is an example of:

Select all that apply Undernutrition is particularly damaging during infancy because a lack of energy and nutrients can negatively affect:

Genetic engineering is the manipulation of the genetic makeup of any organism with:

At what stage of pregnancy is birth considered to be preterm?

More than 90% of the ______ produced in the United States have been genetically modified to resist pests or to tolerate herbicides.

Select all that apply Which of the following innovations may help to lessen world hunger for years to come?

Select all that apply Select the nutrients that are integrally involved in proper immune function from the list below.

Select all that apply Which of the following factors may contribute to undernutrition among older adults?

Undernutrition is particularly damaging during periods of growth, such as infancy.

Select all that apply The consequences of a preterm birth include:

Select all that apply Which of the following are true statements about the relationship between nutrition and immune function?

Older adults need nutrient-dense diets because: