Self-Assessment

Note: There may be more than one correct answer to a question.

More than one answer may be correct. C. To produce accurate food labels
D. To formulate institutional and therapeutic diets
1. Which UN organisation has for many years been in E. To promote nutritionally important plants and
charge of food composition issues? animals to improve health or for breeding
A. WHO F. To inform consumers about good food choices
B. FAO
C. UNICEF 4. Which element does not determine the quality of
food composition data?
2. Which of the following groups is the user of food A. Sampling
composition data? B. Number of samples analysed
A. Nutritionists C. Analytical method
B. Health professionals D. Compilation procedure
C. Economists E. Dissemination procedure
D. Professionals in the agricultural sector
E. Food industry
F. Consumers

3. Why are food composition data essential?

A. To analyse nutrient intake or develop nutrient
requirements
B. To carry out epidemiological research on nutrient
intake and disease

Answers to Multiple-Choice Questions: 1(B), 2(AF), 3(AF) and 4(D).

Nutrition Research Methodologies, First Edition. Edited by Julie A Lovegrove, Leanne Hodson, Sangita Sharma and Susan A Lanham-New.
2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Published 2015 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
www.wiley.com/go/nutritionsociety

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