Introduction to Nutrition Flashcards
What is the definition of Food? Any _____ that can be organic or ______ when ingested, nourishes the ______ by _______ and _______ tissues, supplying _________, regulating _________ processes.
substance inorganic body building repairing energy bodily
What does Health mean? State of complete _______, ________, and __________; relative ________ from _________ or ___________.
physical mental social well-being freedom disease illness
What is the meaning of Nutrition? Study of _______ in relation to _______of an _______, ________, or ________ and the process through which __________ is used to sustain _______ and _________.
food health individual community society food life growth
The sum of the processes involved in taking in ________ and assimilating and using them to maintain _______ _______ and provide ______; which is the foundation of _____ and ___________
nutrient body tissues energy life health
The science of food, the ________ and other substances therein their _______, _______, and _______ in relation to _______ and _________, and the processes by which an organism _____, ______, ______, _______, ________, and _______ food substances.
nutrients action interaction health disease ingest digest absorb transport utilizes excrete
What is the meaning of Nutrient? Give the three general functions:
To provide what?
To build and what?
To regulate what?
energy repair bodily tissues life processes
These nutrients are found mainly in food and normal nutrition necessitates the ______ of nutrients from ________ ______ _______
ingestion natural food sources
What is a Nutritionist-Dietician? A professional who takes leadership in promoting individual groups’ health and nutritional well-being.
A profession
What is the meaning of Nutritional status/Nutriture? The condition of the body resulting from the _______ of essential _______
utilization nutrients
What is the meaning of Good nutrition? This means that the body has an __________ of essential nutrients that are efficiently utilized such that ________ and good health is maintained at the highest possible
level.
adequate supply growth
Malnutrition means? A condition of the body resulting from a ___________ essential nutrients or
it may be due to an ________nutrient supply to the point of creating toxic or
________.
lack of one or more excessive harmful effects
What does DRI stand for and what does it mean? It is a system of _____ ______ that can be used for ______ and _________ diets
for healthy populations and many other purposes.
This includes recommendations for each gender and age group.
Dietary Reference Intakes reference values for assessing planning
DRI has four interconnected categories off nutrient recommendations, what are these?
Recommended Dietary Allowance, Estimated Average Requirement, Adequate Intake, and Tolerable Upper Intake Level
What is the meaning of Estimated Average Requirement? The daily intake value that is ________ to meet the requirement in _____of apparently healthy individuals in a life stage or gender group.
This serves as the ________ for setting the RDA.
If an _____ ___________ be established, then _____ ______ be set.
estimated half (50%) basis EAR cannot RDA cannot
What is the meaning of RDA? Defined as the ______ daily dietary intake level that is sufficient to meet the
nutrient requirement of nearly all (% to %) healthy individuals in a
particular life stage and gender group.
Recommended Dietary Allowance average 97 98
What is the meaning of AI? If ________ data are available to calculate an _______, and thus ______ cannot be set
for a particular nutrient, ___________ is used instead of _______.
Adequate Intake insufficient EAR RDA Adequate Intake RDA
Meaning of UL? The ______ average daily nutrient intake level that is likely to pose ___ ____ of
adverse health effects in almost all individuals in the specified life stage group.
It is ___ ________ to be a recommended level but an indication of the maximum
amount of nutrients that can be taken on a daily basis without endangering one’s
health.
highest no risk not intended
What is Clinical Nutrition?
The discipline that deals with the ________, _________, and ___________ ________ of ________ and _________ ___________ related to ________ and ________ conditions caused
by _____ or _______ of ______ and _______
prevention, diagnosis, and management of
nutritional and metabolic changes acute chronic lack excess energy nutrients
