Ch.2 - Designing a Healthful Diet

Question 1

healthful diet

Answer 1

a diet that provides the proper combination of energy and nutrients and is adequate, moderate, balanced, and varied

Question 2

adequate diet

Answer 2

a diet that provides enough of the energy, nutrients, and fibre needed to maintain a person’s health

Question 3

moderation

Answer 3

eating any foods in moderate amounts…not too much and not too little

Question 4

balanced diet

Answer 4

a diet that contains the combinations of foods that provide the proper proportions of nutrients

Question 5

variety

Answer 5

eating a lot of different foods each day

Question 6

food labs have three main purposes:

Answer 6

1. to give basic product info (ex. list of ingredients, product weight, expirey, grade or quality, country of origin
2. to provide health, safety, and nutrition info (ex amount and type of fats, proteins, carbs, vitamins and minerals
3. to provide a means for marketing or promoting the product by label claims such as ‘low fat’ ‘cholesterol free’ ‘high source of fibre’ ‘product of canada’

Question 7

food labels can have four main components:

Answer 7

1. ingredient list
2. nutrition facts table
3. nutrient content claims
4. health claims (defined by canada food inspection agency)

Question 8

nutrition facts table

Answer 8

the table on a food package label that gives the amount of energy and a minimum of 13 key nutrients in one serving of the food

Question 9

calorie

Answer 9

1 cal = 1 kcal = 4.184 kilojoules

Question 10

disease risk reduction claim

Answer 10

a statement that links a food or a food ingredient with reduced risk of disease or a condition in the context of a total diet

Question 11

percent daily values (%DV)

Answer 11

info on a nutrition facts table that identifies how much a serving of food contributes to your overall intake of nutrients listed on the label; based on an energy intake of 2000 cal/d

Question 12

recommended daily intakes (RDI)

Answer 12

the amounts of vitamins and minerals used to calculate the % daily values

Question 13

reference standards

Answer 13

the amounts of nutrients other than vitamins and minerals used to calculate the % daily values