Ch 1 Vocab

Question 1

Accredited

Answer 1

Approved; in the case of medical centers or universities, certified by an agency recognized by the U.S. Dept. of Education

Question 2

Adequacy

Answer 2

The dietary characteristic of providing all of the essential nutrients, fiber, and energy in amounts sufficient to maintain health and body weight

Question 3

Advertorials

Answer 3

Lengthy advertisements in newspapers and magazines that read like feature articles but are written for the purpose of touting the virtues of products and may or may not be accurate

Question 4

Anecdotal evidence

Answer 4

Information based on interesting and entertaining, but not scientific, personal accounts of events

Question 5

Balance

Answer 5

The dietary characteristics of providing foods of a number of types in proportion to each other, such that foods rich in some nutrients do not crowd out of the diet foods that are rich in other nutrients.
Also called proportionality

Question 6

Bioactive

Answer 6

Having biological activity in the body