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Nutrition Tech and Presentations Review
Answer the following questions
- Dietitians know everything there is to know about the nutritional needs of any kind of client.
- True
- False
Answer: b. False
- Dietitians and other nutrition professionals can now use _______blank to help their clients meet their nutritional needs and goals.
- diet and nutrition analysis software
- common sense
- previous cases
- standard recommendations
Answer: a. diet and nutrition analysis software
- You can tell how effective a nutrition program will be by the cost.
- True
- False
Answer: b. False
- Some of the drawbacks to the old ways of analyzing diet and nutrition needs are _______blank
- sore fingers
- aching backs
- time consuming and room for errors
- inaccurate sorting and classifying
Answer: c. time consuming and room for errors
- Name 3 advantages new technology has over the old way of analyzing nutrition intakes and needs.
Answer: Possible answers: Easier, quicker, and more reliable; saving time and effort; provides immediate feedback
- Name 3 features to consider when comparing nutrition software programs.
Answer: Possible answers:
- Ease of to use
- How complete and comprehensive the database is
- How customizable it is
- Does it calculate correct portion sizes for client?
- How accurate are the estimates of energy used (calories burned)
- How reasonably priced for the service provided
- Name 5 things to avoid on an academic presentation slide.
Answer: Possible answers: Distracting sound effects, transitions, and animations; paragraphs of text / too much writing; harder to read fonts like cursive or highly decorative/curly fonts; inconsistent backgrounds; pictures and graphics crowding text; a slide that's completely filled with too much content; too many colors
- The purpose of a slide show presentation is to give _______blank
- all the information viewers need
- provide an outline of the needed information
- entertain your clients
- put your viewers to sleep
Answer: b. provide an outline of the needed information
- For a school project, the last slide of your presentation should always be _______blank
- where you write "The End" or "Any Questions?"
- the place to name the authors / presenters
- the Reference or Works Cited page
- a memorable picture
Answer: c. the Reference or Works Cited page
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