Nutrition

Question 1

List the groups of foods

Answer 1

fruits, dairy, grains, protein, fats sweets oils, veggies

Question 2

What is the difference between saturated fats and unsaturated fat?

Answer 2

Saturated fats- solid fat at room temperature

Unsaturated fats- liquid fat at room temperature

Question 3

What provides no energy to the body directly, but helps unleash energy stored in foods?

Answer 3

Vitamin

Question 4

What does a lacto vegetarian restrict?

Answer 4

excludes eggs, fish, poultry, and meat

Question 5

What does a vegan restrict?

Answer 5

excludes all foods of animal origin

Question 6

What does a semi-vegetarian restrict?

Answer 6

excludes all red meat

Question 7

What does an ovo-lacto vegetarian restrict?

Answer 7

excludes fish, poultry and red meat

Question 8

What does protein do for the body?

Answer 8

growth

Question 9

The _________ are recommendations for diet choices for healthy americans who are 2 years of age or older

Answer 9

dietary guidelines

Question 10

What is the sum of the process by which we consume and use food?

Answer 10

nutrition

Question 11

A unit of energy produced by food is called a what?

Answer 11

calorie

Question 12

What is a vitamin?

Answer 12

a nutrient that helps the body use carbohydrates, proteins, and fats. They provide no energy to the body directly but help unleash energy stored in C, P, and F

Question 13

What is a mineral?

Answer 13

a nutrient that regulates many chemical reactions in the body

Question 14

What is the physiological need for food?

Answer 14

hunger

Question 15

What is the rate at which food is converted into energy in body cells?

Answer 15

metabolism

Question 16

What is the sugars and starches found in foods. They are the main source of energy for the body.

Answer 16

Carbohydrate

Question 17

The fat like substance made by the body and found in certain foods is what?

Answer 17

Cholesterol

Question 18

An eating strategy in which a few days of very low carbohydrate intake is followed by a few days of very high carbohydrate intake is called what?

Answer 18

Carbohydrate loading

Question 19

An eating strategy in which extra protein is eaten to increase muscle size is called what?

Answer 19

protein loading

Question 20

What is 10% below desirable body weight

Answer 20

underweight

Question 21

What is 10% above desirable body weight?

Answer 21

overweight

Question 22

What is anorexia?

Answer 22

an eating disorder in which a person starves himself or herself and weighs 15% or more below desirable weight

Question 23

What is antioxidant?

Answer 23

protects cells from oxidation

Question 24

What is osteoporosis

Answer 24

bone deterioation

Question 25

What is embolism

Answer 25

a blockage in an artery in the blood

Question 26

What is atherosclerosis

Answer 26

plaque on artery walls

Question 27

What is cardiovascular disease?

Answer 27

disease of the heart and blood vessel

Question 28

What are the 3 types of foods that provide energy?

Answer 28

Protein, carbohydrate, fats

Question 29

How can you reduce the risk of developing cancer?

Answer 29

avoid obesity, eat fruit veggies fiber, limit fat intake, do not drink alcohol as a teen

Question 30

How can you reduce your risk of developing a cardiovascular disease?

Answer 30

limit your fat intake, increase your intake of foods containing antioxidants, limit your intake of sodium

Question 31

How can you reduce your risk of developing osteoportosis?

Answer 31

weight bearing exercise, avoid smoking

Question 32

What is dehydration?

Answer 32

when water content of the body is low

Question 33

Can dehydration cause headaches?

Answer 33

yes