Nutrition Exam 2

Question 1

What functions as a dense form of food energy?

Answer 1

Fats

Question 2

Why would someone receiving fat free parenteral nutrition develop a deficiency in linoleic acid?

Answer 2

Essential fatty oils

Question 3

Process by which a double bond is broken on a fatty acid carbon chain and hydrogen is added?

Answer 3

Hydrogenation

Question 4

Form of bile, vitamin D, sex hormones, brain and nerve tissue cells depend on?

Answer 4

Sterols

Question 5

Level of saturation of fat is determined by the number of?

Answer 5

Double bonds

Question 6

Fatty acid with two or more double bonds on the carbon chain is a?

Answer 6

Poly-unsaturated fatty acid

Question 7

Oil comes from vegetable products and saturated fats come from?

Answer 7

Natural fats

Question 8

Omega 3 fatty acids interfere with blood clotting and lower the risk of?

Answer 8

Heart disease

Question 9

How many kcal does fat contain?

Answer 9

9

Question 10

Process by which liquid oil is made more solid and stable is?

Answer 10

Hydrogenation

Question 11

Protein is needed by the body because it provides?

Answer 11

Amino acids

Question 12

What do Americans eat more of then they need?

Answer 12

Protein

Question 13

Dangerous situation in which body proteins may become denatured is when someone has a very high?

Answer 13

Fever

Question 14

Process in which body proteins are broken down to release amino acids in the blood stream?

Answer 14

Catabolism

Question 15

Main structural protein found in connective tissue, bone, and teeth?

Answer 15

Collagen

Question 16

Acid base balance is an important role of

Answer 16

Protein

Question 17

Protein that carries oxygen in the muscles is called?

Answer 17

Myoglobin

Question 18

Phenylketonuria is caused by failure to break down excess?

Answer 18

Phenylalanine

Question 19

Hard-boiled eggs are examples of food that contain complete?

Answer 19

Protein

Question 20

Complete proteins contain 9 essential ?

Answer 20

Amino Acids

Question 21

Fish is a good source of ?

Answer 21

Omega-3 fatty acids

Question 22

Energy for short term, high intensity activities such as sprinting is obtained mostly through?

Answer 22

Anaerobic pathways

Question 23

As the duration of exercise increases, more energy is obtained from oxidation of?

Answer 23

Fatty acids

Question 24

What factor has the greatest impact on energy expenditure?

Answer 24

Body size

Question 25

Adaptive thermogenesis is the process by which the body uses energy to adjust to changes in?

Answer 25

Environmental conditions

Question 26

Three components of physical fitness are?

Answer 26

Flexibility, muscle strength, and cardio vascular endurance

Question 27

The amount of physical activity needed to maintain physical fitness depends on the?

Answer 27

Intensity of the activity

Question 28

Health benefits associated with strength training include increased?

Answer 28

Bone density

Question 29

Exercise is the factor that is most effective in increasing?

Answer 29

Muscle mass

Question 30

Smoking, low dietary intake of calcium and high caffefine consumption are likely to increase the risk for developing?

Answer 30

Osteoporosis

Question 31

Female athlete triad is associated with?

Answer 31

Eating disorders, amenuria, and osteoporosis

Question 32

Dowager's hump is one characteristic of?

Answer 32

Osteoporosis

Question 33

Increased longevity of the population in the US is the primary reason for an expected increased incidence of?

Answer 33

Osteoporosis

Question 34

What phase of a women's life cycle is bone loss the greatest?

Answer 34

Menopause

Question 35

Which two dietary supplements would be the most helpful to minimize bone loss?

Answer 35

Calcium and Vitamin D

Question 36

The hip and spine are the most common sites of fracture for an individual suffering from?

Answer 36

Osteoporosis

Question 37

Taking calcium supplement on an empty stomach is NOT GOOD advice to offer someone selecting a calcium supplement.

Answer 37

XXX

Question 38

Loss of ESTROGEN hormone with menopause increases the risk for?

Answer 38

Osteoporosis

Question 39

Calcium carbonate is the supplement that contains the highest amount of________ per dose?

Answer 39

Calcium

Question 40

Our body has no mechanism to combact free radicals? True or False?

Answer 40

False

Question 41

A two-part metabolic reaction that involves a loss and gain of electrons is a ___________ reaction?

Answer 41

Exchange

Question 42

Air pollution and smoke exposure are?

Answer 42

Free radicals

Question 43

Antioxidant minerals are required components of the ____________ enzyme system

Answer 43

Antioxident

Question 44

Antioxidant minerals stabilize free radicals by breaking down oxidized______________acids?

Answer 44

Fatty

Question 45

Type 1 diabetes is a disease that has not been linked to _____________ _____________ damage.

Answer 45

Free Radical

Question 46

Alpha-tocopherol is the most powerful and abundant form of vitamin?

Answer 46

E

Question 47

Vitamin E and daily anticoagulant medications should be avoided in excess due to and increased risk of?

Answer 47

Uncontrolled bleeding

Question 48

A water soluble vitamin that can regenerate vitamin E after it has been oxidized is?

Answer 48

Vitamin C

Question 49

A person suffering from fatigue, muscle wasting, and nerve damage is likely suffering from?

Answer 49

Beri Beri

Question 50

Meat, dairy products, fish and nuts are a major source of _____ in the diet?

Answer 50

Fat

Question 51

Olive oil is an example of a ____________ fat?

Answer 51

Monounsaturated

Question 52

Triglycerides are the form in which fats are_____________in the circulatory system.

Answer 52

Transported

Question 53

Primary role of the B vitamins is to act as?

Answer 53

Co-enzymes