NNA721S - NUTRITION ANTHROPOLOGY -1ST OPP - NOVEMBER 2024


NNA721S - NUTRITION ANTHROPOLOGY -1ST OPP - NOVEMBER 2024



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nAm I BI A UnlVERSITY
OF SCIEnCEAnDTECHnOLOGY
Facultyof Health,Natural
ResourceasndApplied
Sciences
Schoolof HealthScience~
DepartmentofPreventative
HealthSciences
QUALIFICATION : BACHELOR OF HUMAN NUTRITION
QUALIFICATION CODE: 08BOHN
COURSE:NUTRITION ANTHROPOLOGY
DATE: NOVEMBER 2024
DURATION: 3 HOURS
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LEVEL:7
COURSECODE: NNA721S
SESSION: 1
MARKS: 100
FIRST OPPORTUNITY EXAMINATION: QUESTION PAPER
EXAMINER:
MODERATOR:
GEORGE WALIOMUZIBU MUKISA
MS FIINA NAMUKWAMBI
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Answer all questions on the separate answer sheet.
2. Please write neatly and legibly.
3. Do not use the left side margin of the exam paper. This must be allowed for the
examiner.
4. No books, notes and other additional aids are allowed.
5. Mark all answers clearly with their respective question numbers.
PERMISSIBLE MATERIALS:
1. Non-Programmable Calculator
ATTACHEMENTS
NONE
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SECTION A:
(40 MARKS)
QUESTION 1:
(40 MARKS)
1.1 Describe the following terms and concepts:
(14)
1.1.1 Nutrition transition
(2)
1.1.2 Ethnography
(2)
1.1.3 Dietary acculturation
(2)
1.1.4 Inductive method of research
(2)
1.1.5 Ernieresearch technique
(2)
1.1.6 Food systems
(2)
1.1.7 Social marketing
(2)
1.2 Discussthe five (5) historic patterns of nutrition transition
(10)
1.3 Explain the six (6) elements of the ecological model of food and nutrition
(12)
1.4 Propose four (4) ways health communication can be used in the community
(4)
SECTION B: SHORT/LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS
[ 36 MARKS)
Please answer ALL of the questions in this section.
2.1 Suggest four (4) importances of conducting literature review in nutrition anthropology
research
(4)
2.2 Elaborate the three (3) stages of social marketing
(6)
2.3 The graph below shows the changes in dietary patterns in South Africa over a given period.
Use it to answer the following questions.
3000
2500
2000
7u5 1500
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1000
500
0
2603
1778
274
1962
2921
-
300
2001
Figure 4.2: Trends in dietary energy supplies of South Africans, 1962 and 2001.
Source: Steyn NP et al., 2006, using FAO (2004) food balance sheets.
CHO
Protein
Fat
Kcal
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2.3.1 Explain the trend in the dietary patterns
(8)
2.3.2 Outline three (factors) that may have contributed to the trend in
the graph above
(3)
2.4 Describe how globalisation has contributed to changes in the food culture
(10)
2.5 Food has a strong significance when defining people's identity. Propose various ways
food can define people's identity
(5)
SECTIONC:
[ 24 MARKS]
3.1 Elaborate six (6) nutrition policies that the government of Namibia can implement to
minimize barriers to healthier diets
(12)
3.2 Discuss five (5) characteristics associated with behavioural change stage of nutrition
transition
(10)
3.3 Propose three (3) ways nutrition transition has contributed to rise in the prevalence
of nutrition related chronic diseases of lifestyle
(2)
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END OF QUESTION PAPER
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