Module 01: Introduction to Nutrition Flashcards
This is known as the study of food and how the body makes use of it. It deals with the quality and quantity of the food consumed.
Nutrition
Nutrition deals with what process?
It deals with the process of receiving and utilizing it for the growth and renewal of the body and for the maintenance of the different body functions.
These are known as the chemical substances found in food.
Nutrients
What are the roles of nutrients?
(1) Provide heat and energy
(2) Build and repair body tissues
(3) Regulate body processes
This is characterized as a material consisting essentially of carbohydrates, protein and fat, used in the body of an organism to sustain growth, repair, and vital processes and to furnish energy.
Food
Food is characterized as something that?
Nourishes, sustains, or supplies food for thought (mental thought)
This is known as a problem solving method used to evaluate and treat nutrition related problems.
Nutrition care process
What are the basic functions of nutrition?
(1) To maintain life by allowing an individual to grow and be in a state of optimal health.
(2) Defines the individual or community food values and beliefs.
(3) Nourishes mind and body.
What are the roles of nurses in nutrition?
(1) Screens hospitalized patients to identify who are at nutritional risk.
(2) Serves as liaison between the dietitian and the physician and with other members of the healthcare team.
(3) Nurses are often available as a nutrition resource.
(4) Reinforce nutrition counseling provided by the dietitian and responsible for basic nutrition education.
What are the functions of fats, carbohydrates, and proteins within the body?
They furnish heat and energy.
What are the functions of body building nutrients?
They form tissues in the body.
What are the different types of chemical properties and concentration under nutrition?
Chemical Properties
(1) Organic
(2) Inorganic
Concentration
(1) Small amount
(2) Large amount
Under nutrition, this factors is based on their significant contribution to the body’s physiological functioning.
Essentiality
Nutrition can be classified based on what?
(1) Functions
(2) Chemical Properties
(3) Essentiality
(4) Concentration
This basic tool in nutrition is characterized as the framework of nutrient standards and they also provide reference values for the use in planning and evaluating diets for healthy people.
Dietary Reference Intake
The Dietary Reference Intake include what:
(1) Recommended Dietary Allowance
(2) Adequate Intake
(3) Tolerable Upper Intake Level
(4) Estimated Average Requirement
This is the average daily intake of nutrient that will meet the requirement of nearly all (97% to 98%) healthy people of a given age and gender.
Recommended Dietary Allowance
This is the suggested daily intake of nutrient to meet body needs and support health. This is used when available research is insufficient to develop an RDA.
Adequate Intake (AI)
The Adequate Intake (AI) is also used for what?
It serves as a guide for intake when planning diets.
This is known as the highest amount of a nutrient that can be consumed safely with no risk of toxicity or adverse effects on health.
Tolerable Upper Intake Level (UL)
(This is often used to evaluate dietary supplements to review total nutrient intake from food and supplements)
Intake exceeding Tolerable Upper Intake Level (UL) usually results from what?
Concentrated Supplement and not food
This is known as the average daily intake of a nutrient that will meet the requirement of 50% of healthy people of a given age and gender.
Estimated Average Requirement (EAR)
This is the suggested proportional distribution of k-calories across the macronutrients.
Acceptable Macronutrient Distribution Range (ADMR)
What is the percentage distribution of k calories on macronutrients of Carbohydrates under Acceptable Macronutrient Distribution Range (ADMR)?
45% to 65% of kcalories
What is the percentage distribution of k calories on macronutrients of Fats under Acceptable Macronutrient Distribution Range (ADMR)?
20% to 35% of total kcalories
What is the percentage distribution of k calories on macronutrients of Proteins under Acceptable Macronutrient Distribution Range (ADMR)?
10% to 35% of total kcalories
The Philippine Dietary Reference Index (PDRI) was launched by the Food and Nutrition institute of the Department of Science and Technology on _____________.
July 1, 2015
This tool is utilized for planning and assessing diets of healthy groups and individuals. This is multilevel approach for setting appropriate nutrient reference values to meet the needs of various stakeholders (e.g. food companies.
Philippine Dietary Reference Index (PDRI 2015)
What are the components of the Philippine Dietary Reference Index (PDRI 2015)?
(1) Estimated Average Requirement (EAR)
(2) Recommended Energy or Nutrient Intake (REI/RNI)
(3) Adequate Intake (AI)
(4) Tolerable Upper Intake Level or Upper Limit (UL)
This was introduced to provide additional information about foods, to be considered along with their nutritional composition to assist in food choice.
Glycemic Index (GI)
How is the glycemic index (GI) utilized?
(1) GI classify foods in terms of their glycemic response whether foods eaten release glucose rapidly or in a slow and sustained fashion for a period of time.
(2) The use of the GI for classifying carbohydrates foods was recommended by the Food and Agriculture Organization and World Health Organization in conjunction with food composition tables to guide food choices.
Based on the glycemic index (GI), how much high carbohydrate (CHO) should constitute one’s diet?
It also advocated the consumption of high carbohydrate (CHO) diet (>55% of energy from CHO), with the bulk of CHO-containing food being rich in non-starch polysaccharides e.g. dietary fiber, with low GI (<55).
If you want to have a sustainable diet, what should be incorporated?
(1) Variety
(2) Balance
(3) Moderation
mnemonics = MOVAPA
This tool is a new, easy to understand food guide that uses a familiar food plate model to convey the right food group proportions on a per meal basis to meet the body’s energy and nutrient needs of adults.
Pinggang Pinoy
What is the purpose of the Pinggang Pinoy?
Serves as a visual tool to help Filipinos adopt healthy eating habits at meal times by delivering effective dietary and healthy lifestyle messages.
The body needs a large amount of these. Examples of these three basic nutrients are carbohydrates, proteins and fats in the diet.
Macronutrients
What are the only nutrients that will give you calories (calorie-yielding nutrients)?
(1) Carbohydrates
(2) Fats
(3) Proteins
This is known as the unit of energy. These are the amount of energy released when your body breaks down (digests and absorbs ) food.
Calories (This is the way of describing how much energy your body could get from eating and drinking it)