Exam 1

Question 1

Factors that influence your food choices:

Answer 1

1) Cultural traditions
2) Nutrition knowledge and beliefs
3) Personal food preferences
4) Other practical considerations

Question 2

Status foods

Answer 2

Foods you eat when you reach a certain place in life

Question 3

Comfort foods

Answer 3

Foods that give you security and make you feel loves

Question 4

Discomfort foods

Answer 4

Foods that give you feelings of insecurity or bad memories

Question 5

Cultural Foods

Answer 5

Foods that is appropriate or not in a particular culture

Question 6

Other factors that affect your food choices

Answer 6

1) Healthy choices
2) Cost
3) Availability
4) Genetic

Question 7

Nutrition

Answer 7

The sum total of the processes involved in the intake and utilization of food substance by living organisms, including ingestion, digestion, absorption, transportation, metabolism, and excretion of food

Question 8

Appetite

Answer 8

Desire for food or drink

Question 9

Hunger

Answer 9

Need for food or drink

Question 10

Major functions of food:

Answer 10

1) Promote growth and development
2) Provide energy
3) Regulate metabolism

Question 11

Macronutrients

Answer 11

Nutrients that provide energy

1) Carbohydrates
2) Lipids (fats)
3) Protiens

Question 12

Micronutrients

Answer 12

Nutrients that support metabolism, helps the macronutrients release their energy

1) Vitamins biochemical reactions
2) Minerals biochemical reactions
3) Phytochemical antioxidants
4) Water temperature regulation

Question 13

Classes of nutrients

Answer 13

1) Carbohydrates
2) Protiens
3) Lipids
4) Vitamins
5) Minerals
6) Water

Question 14

Carbohydrates

Answer 14

1) Major source of energy
2) 4 kilocalories per gram
3) Simple sugars, complex carbohydrates, starch

Question 15

Protiens

Answer 15

1) Source of energy
2) 4 kilocalories per gram
3) Body structure, muscle, bone, blood

Question 16

Lipids

Answer 16

1) Source of energy
2) 9 kilocalories per gram
3) Saturated (animal fat) Unsaturated (plant fat)
4) Provides a full feeling, help regulate body functions

Question 17

Kilocalorie

Answer 17

1) The heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water to 1 degree Celsius
2) A unit of measure of the amount of energy supplied by food

Question 18

Vitamins

Answer 18

1) Promote chemical reactions

2) 13 different vitamins

Question 19

Minerals

Answer 19

1) Help body’s metabolism

2) 16 minerals

Question 20

Water

Answer 20

1) Dissolves substances, lubricates, provides transportation
2) Body is 50-70% water
3) 8-10 cups of water a day

Question 21

Alcohol

Answer 21

1) 7 Kilocalories per gram

2) not a nutrient

Question 22

Nutrient

Answer 22

A chemical substance present in food that is used by the body

Question 23

Phytochemical

Answer 23

Chemical substances in plants that perform important functions in the human body

Question 24

Antioxidants

Answer 24

Chemical substances that prevent or repair damage to cells caused by exposure to oxidizing agents

Question 25

Nutrient Dense

Answer 25

Foods contain high amounts of nutrients compared to their calorie count

Question 26

Empty Calorie

Answer 26

Foods that provide an excess of calories in relation to nutrients

Question 27

Energy Dense

Answer 27

Energy value of a food in relation to the food’s weight

Question 28

How many calories to americans drink?

Answer 28

Between 25-30% of their calories

Question 29

Malnutrition

Answer 29

Poor nutrition resulting from an excel or lack of calories or nutrients, when nutritional needs are not met over the long haul and health fails as a result

Question 30

Undernutrition

Answer 30

Failing health that results from a long-standing diet that does not meet nutritional needs

Question 31

Over nutrition

Answer 31

Nutritional intake exceeds the body’s needs

Question 32

Desirable Nutrition

Answer 32

Obtain all the essential nutrients from a variety of foods