Nutrition

Question 0

Dietary fibre …

Answer 0

Decreases faecal transit time

Question 1

What does completion of protein mean?

Answer 1

An amino acid lacking in one food can be compensated by eating a different food containing that amino acid

Question 2

Disorders in which over-nutrition plays a part include:

Answer 2

Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and dental caries

Question 3

Humans have a dietary requirement for?

Answer 3

Trace elements and 9 essential amino acids

Question 4

The acronym PEM means …

Answer 4

Protein-energy malnutrition

Question 5

Vitamin C is otherwise known as …

Answer 5

Ascorbic acid

Question 6

What proportion of cancers in the UK are related to poor diet?

Answer 6

30-80%

Question 7

Provide the correct condition with the nutrients implicated in their development :
Sugar, salt, saturated fat, fibre

Answer 7

Sugar = dental caries
Salt = hypertension
Saturated fat = coronary heart disease
Fibre = diverticulitis

Question 8

Match with the correct type of diet:

Normal solid, thin liquid, thick liquid, purée, soft solids

Answer 8

Normal solid = varied texture
Thin liquid = normal liquid
Thick liquid = pours from spoon
Purée = thick and uniform
Soft solid = crushed by tongue