Nutrition Chapter1

Question 1

What is nutrition?

Answer 1

Is the science of food and its relationship to health.

Question 2

What is health?

Answer 2

Is the state of complete physical,mental,and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease.

Question 3

Anemia

Answer 3

Iron deficiency

Question 4

Does nutrition affect our body negatively or positively?

Answer 4

Both

Question 5

Primary prevention

Answer 5

Avert the occurrence of disease

Question 6

Secondary prevention

Answer 6

Monitoring techniques to discover diseases early

Question 7

Tertiary prevention

Answer 7

Treatment after a disease has occurred

Question 8

Classes of nutrients

Answer 8

Carbohydrates (4)
Proteins (4)
Fats (9)
Minerals
Vitamins
Water

Question 9

What are the functions of nutrients

Answer 9

Source of energy
Growth and maintenance of tissues
Regulation of body processes

Question 10

What are nutrients

Answer 10

Are chemical substances that the body needs for growth and maintenance and repair

Question 11

What is metabolism

Answer 11

Is the sum of all physical and chemical changes that take place in the body

Question 12

Photochemical

Answer 12

These are present in plants and considered in promoting health. Like fruits and vegetables

Question 13

Functional foods

Answer 13

They are Whole Foods which enriched and fortified that have potential benefits on our health

Question 14

Where do you find probiotics

Answer 14

In yogurt

Question 15

Energy both in foods and in the body is measured in?

Answer 15

Kilocalories

Question 16

BMI

Answer 16

Body Mass index

Question 17

BMI below 18.5

Answer 17

Underweight

Question 18

BMI of 18.5-24.9

Answer 18

Normal

Question 19

BMI of 25- 29.9

Answer 19

Overweight

Question 20

BMI of 30-39.9

Answer 20

Obese

Question 21

BMI of 40 or greater

Answer 21

Morbidly obese

Question 22

What is genetic code

Answer 22

Is the human body’s internal instructions for manufacturing proteins.

Question 23

Conventional food or Whole Foods

Answer 23

Oats, blueberries,cranberries

Question 24

Modified or fortified foods

Answer 24

Omega 3 fatty acids in eggs and argarines

Question 25

Synthesized

Answer 25

They are probiotic

Question 26

Recommended dietary allowance (RDAs)

Answer 26

Intake that meets the need of 97% to 98%

Question 27

Adequate intakes (AIs)

Answer 27

Average observed or experimentally determined