The Food and Nutrition testbanks consist of multiple choice questions that test your knowledge of the topics covered in the book. You can use these questions to check your understanding as you read through each chapter, or practise for your exam.
Putting iodine in drinking water
Putting iodine in soils
Fortifying milk
Fortifying bread
All of the above
Pregnant women do not tend to eat bread
Pregnant women are more likely to avoid seafood
The level of iodine is well below the RDI
A and b
B and c
Undertake a mandatory supplementation program
Encourage the population to eat more seafood
Add iodine to all salt used in food processing
Encourage the population to add iodised salt at the table
Use iodine based disinfectants in milk production
An iodine deficiency
Unknown causes
Disorders that interfere with thyroid hormone production
Consumption of goitrogens
All of the above
Weight gain
Weight loss
Accelerated heart rate
Diarrhoea
All of the above
Cassava
Brussels sprouts
Garlic
Millet
Almonds
20%
25%
33%
13%
11%
Chromium, Vitamin D, iron
Chromium, Vitamin E, iron
Selenium, Vitamin A, iron
Selenium, Vitamin A, zinc
Chromium, Vitamin A, iron
Hypothalmus
Pituitary gland
Pancreas
Liver
Ovaries
The presence of a goitre
Blood levels of TSH, T3 and T4
The presence of weight changes
Impaired glucose tolerance
An assessment of iodine in the diet
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