Importance of Height and Weight Measurement in Health Assessment
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What is the main focus of public health nutrition?

  • Focusing on individual behavior change
  • Promoting health and preventing illness in the population (correct)
  • Preventing disease through cost containment
  • Implementing clinical and molecular epidemiology

    • Which approach to public health emphasizes the absence of disease as the main definition of health?

  • Clinical and molecular epidemiology
  • Broad approach
  • Sociocultural approach
  • Narrow approach (correct)

    • What is one disadvantage of the broad public health approach?

  • Short-term perspective
  • Risk of failure due to lack of breadth (correct)
  • Balanced approach with other methods
  • Long-term perspective

    • Why is estimating the number of calories needed per day challenging?

    <p>There is no single parameter that directly measures nutritional needs</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which method is used to assess disease occurrence in human populations?

    <p>Epidemiology</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a limitation of using Body Mass Index (BMI) as a measure of health?

    <p>BMI cannot differentiate between muscle weight and fat weight</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which public health approach focuses on the underlying socio-cultural factors affecting health choices?

    <p>Broad approach</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of data is collected from various sources to assess nutritional needs?

    <p>$\text{Nutrition assessment data}$</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which public health approach defines health as more than just the absence of disease?

    <p>$\text{Broad approach}$</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What aspect of public health does epidemiology primarily focus on?

    <p>Disease occurrence in human populations</p> Signup and view all the answers

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