Reference no: EM133291931

Questions

1. Which of the following countries exhibits the highest rate of (non-genetic) growth stunting within the population?

South Africa

Brazil

India

Russia

Saudi Arabia

Finland

2. Which type of subsistence pattern typically leads to populations with high dietary diversity and a low rate of malnutrition?

Agriculture

Industrialized agriculture

Horticulture

Foraging (hunting-gathering)

3. Which of the following statements about human stature is TRUE?

People are shorter because of natural selection for genes that lead to shorter stature in environments with a limited food supply.

On average, people who get most of their Vitamin D from food sources are taller than people who don't have a large dietary source of Vitamin D.

Western Europeans are, on average, taller than other populations because of genetics.

Without adequate nutrition, members of a population are less likely to reach their genetic potential for height.

4. Pastoralist populations in Western Asia that consume large amounts of mare's milk have a high frequency of genes that allow people to digest lactose.

True

False

5. Agricultural populations have smaller faces due to less usage of chewing muscles during the growth/development phase.

True

False

6. Which hypothesis suggests that famine-oriented genes are responsible for the high rates of Type II diabetes in traditionally foraging cultures, especially in Indigenous North American populations?

Thrifty Gene Hypothesis

Food Shortage Hypothesis

Food Shortage Hypothesis

Hunger Games Hypothesis