As the Health Care Community Explores the Concept of Health

question 19

Multiple Choice

As the health care community explores the concept of health literacy, many organizations recognize that:

• A) consumers need to understand has no governmental support.
• B) improvements are dependent on developing operational definitions.
• C) low literacy and low health literacy are interchangeable terms.
• D) interest in effective patient education is unique to the United States.

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Definitions:

Food Characteristic

Particular attributes or properties of food, such as texture, flavor, and nutritional content, that define its quality.

Anorexia Nervosa

An eating disorder characterized by an obsessive fear of gaining weight, leading to severe restriction of food intake and excessive weight loss.

Weight Set Point

A theory suggesting that the body has a built-in weight regulating mechanism, determined genetically, that strives to maintain a certain amount of body fat.

Anorexia Nervosa

A psychological disorder characterized by an extreme fear of gaining weight, leading to insufficient food intake and a distorted body image.