Exam 4: Cumulative Information

Question 1

Focus on understanding the Nutrition Facts Panel, how do you calculate the percentage of energy coming from protein, carbohydrates and fat?

Answer 1

• Carbohydrates →4 kcal per gram
• Protein → 4 kcal per gram
• Fat → 9 kcal per gram
• Alcohol → 7 kcal per gram (NOT an essential nutrient)

Question 2

How many calories per gram do carbohydrates, protein and fat provide?

Answer 2

• Carbohydrates →4 kcal per gram
• Protein → 4 kcal per gram
• Fat → 9 kcal per gram
• Alcohol → 7 kcal per gram (NOT an essential nutrient)

Question 3

Be able to identify allergens if given a label

Answer 3

• Milk
• eggs
• fish
• shellfish
• peanuts
• tree nuts
• wheat
• soy

Question 4

Understand the different types of claims we learned this semester (i.e. structure function, nutrient content claim etc.)

Answer 4

1. Nutrient Content Claims: Describes nutrients in a food (Ex: “Low in Fat” or “Rich in Vitamin A”)
2. Structure/Function Claims: Describe how a nutrient affects human body structure or function (Ex: “Calcium help build strong bones”)
3. Health Claims: Describes a relationship between a disease and nutrient or food (Ex: Oatmeal helps reduce cholesterol)
4. Qualified Health Claims: hard to get, only limited evidence exists to support this type of claim

Question 5

How to calculate body mass index (BMI)

Answer 5

Body weight (in kg)/Height2 (in meters)

Question 6

How is BMI classified?

Answer 6

• Underweight BMI: <18.5 kg/m2
• Healthy BMI Range: 18.5-24.9 kg/m2
• Overweight BMI: 25-29.9 kg/m2
• Obese BMI: ≥ 30 kg/m2

Question 7

Understand how to calculate protein needs using the RDA

Answer 7

• AMDR (IOM): 10-35% kcal
• Adult RDA
  
  • 0.8g/kg healthy body weight
• Recovery states
  
  • 0.8 –2.0 g/kg body weight