TeachME Professional Development

1. Being obese or overweight increases the risk of all of the following EXCEPT:

2. The goal of the CDC's Measures Project was to identify and recommend a set of obesity prevention strategies and corresponding suggested measurements that health care professionals could use to prevent and treat obesity.

3. Which of the following criteria were used to rate each obesity reduction strategy:

4. For persons to make healthy food choices, healthy food options must be available and _________.

5. Public service venues that influence the availability of healthier foods include all of the following EXCEPT:

6. Healthier foods are generally more expensive than less-healthy foods, which can pose a significant barrier to purchasing and consuming healthier foods.

7. One cross-sectional study of approximately 70,000 adolescents found that greater availability of supermarkets was associated with lower adolescent BMI scores and that a higher prevalence of convenience stores was related to higher BMI among students.

8. Studies indicate that the association between supermarket availability and weight was stronger for Hispanic students compared with white and black students.

9. Extensive evidence supports a direct link between purchasing foods from farms and improved diet.

10. A geographic area that supplies a population center with food is known as a:

11. Federal nutritional guidelines prohibit the sale of foods of ____________ in school cafeterias while meals are being served.

12. Portion size can be defined as:

13. In 2006, major food and beverage marketers spent _____billion dollars to promote food and beverage products among children and adolescents in the United States.

14. One recommended strategy to help combat obesity is that licensed child care facilities within the local jurisdiction be required to ban sugar-sweetened beverages, including flavor sweetened milk and 100% juice.

15. One study found that breastfeeding infants were _____ less likely to be obese than formula-fed infants, and that each additional month of breastfeeding was associated with a ____ decrease in the risk of obesity.

16. One objective of Healthy People 2010 was to increase the proportion of the nation's public and private schools that require daily physical education for all students.

17. Measurement criteria recommend that public school students to be physically active for at least 50% of time spent in PE classes.

18. The Promoting Life Activity in Youth (PLAY) program is designed to teach active lifestyle habits to children and help them to accumulate 30-60 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity per day.

19. The American Academy of Physicians recommends that parents limit children's television time to no more than ___ hours per day.

20. Which of the following is NOT an intervention to increase physical activity?

21. Evaluation of the Marin County Safe Routes to School Program indicated that identifying and creating safe routes to school, together with educational components, increased the number of students walking to school.

22. A study conducted by the CDC (Centers for Disease Control) suggests that the trend of building larger schools with larger catchment areas should be reversed to locate schools within neighborhoods.

23. Among students living within 1 mile of school, the percentage of walkers fell from _______ % between 1969 and 2001.

24. In a study that analyzed data from the National Household Travel Survey, researchers indicated that 29% of individuals who walk to and from public transit achieve at least 30 minutes of daily physical activity.

25. Multi-use developments increase the distance between destinations, which has been shown to increase the number of trips persons make by auto and decrease the number of trips by foot or bicycle.

26. One study indicated that the incidences of violent crimes were associated with lower physical activity in:

27. To meet the criteria for this measurement, local governments must incorporate which of the following elements to enhance traffic safety for pedestrians:

28. Each of the following are stakeholders in community coalitions aimed at obesity prevention EXCEPT:

29. Obesity prevalence doubled during 1980-2004, and recent data indicate that an estimated 26% of U.S. adults are overweight and 28% are obese.

30. A major goal of obesity prevention strategies and proposed measurements is to inspire communities to consider implementing new policy and environmental change initiatives aimed at reversing the obesity epidemic.