Chapters 1 and 2

Question 1

What is nutrition and how did it start?

Answer 1

Science that studies food and how it nourishes our body and influences our health.
Started researchers began to make the link between diet and illness.

Question 2

What is “Healthy people 2020”, and what are the goals?

Answer 2

• Set of goals and objectives we hope to reach as a nation by 2020
  1) attain high quality, longer lives free of preventable deaths
  2) achieve health equity, illuminate disparities and improve health of all groups.
  3) Create social and physical environments that remote good health for all.
  4) Promote quality of life, healthy development, and healthy behaviors across all life stages.

Question 3

Organic Nutrient vs Inorganic

Answer 3

Organic: contains Carbon and Hydrogen.
Inorganic: does not

Question 4

Organic Nutrient vs Organically Produced Food

Answer 4

Nutrient: referring to the inclusion of carbs, lipids, proteins or vitamins
Produced: referring to the agricultural practices

Question 5

Dietary Reference Intakes

Answer 5

Reference standards for nutrient intakes for healthy people in US and Canada

Question 6

How are nutritional needs determined

Answer 6

age, gender, risk factors, exercise, medical conditions

Question 7

What is the DRI

Answer 7

Set of nutritional reference values for the US and Canada