Unit I

Question 1

Medically, any substance that the body can take in and assimilate that will enable it to stay alive and to grow. It is the carrier of nourishment.

Answer 1

Food

Question 2

Officially defined by the World Health Organization, a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being not merely the absensce of disease or infirmity.

Answer 2

Health

Question 3

Refers to whatever you eat and drink each day. Thus, it includes the normal diet you consume.

Answer 3

Diet

Question 4

The “science of food, the nutrients and other substances therein, their action, interaction and balance in relation to health and disease, and the process by which the organism ingests, absorbs, transports, utilizes and excreted food substances”

Answer 4

Nutrition

Question 5

Is the integration, application and communication of practice principles derived from food, nutrition, social, business and basic sciences, to achieve and maintain optimal nutrition status of individuals and groups

Answer 5

Dietetics

Question 6

Is a chemical component needed by the body. They provide energy, serve as building material, help maintain or repair body parts, and support growth.

Answer 6

Nutrient

Question 7

A person who is trained in the science of nutrition and dietitics, provide food and nutrition services to individuals and groups in a variety of settings.

Answer 7

Dietitian

Question 8

The condition of the body in those respects influenced the diet; the levels of nutrients in the body and the ability of those levels to maintain normal metabolic integrity.

Answer 8

Nutritional Status

Question 9

Any condition caused by excess or deficient food energy or nutrient intake or by an imbalance of nutrients..

Answer 9

Malnutrition

Question 10

The amount of various substances in food needed by an organism to sustain healthy life.

Answer 10

Dietary Requirement

Question 11

The amount of essential nutrient as a vitamin or mineral that has been established as adequate to meet the average nutritional needs of most healtht persons.

Answer 11

Dietary Allowance

Question 12

Daily nutrient intake level that meets the median or average requirement.

Answer 12

Estimated Average Requirement (EAR)

Question 13

Diet people consune in groups

Answer 13

Hostel diet

Question 14

Diet may also be modified and used for ill persons as part of their therapy .

Answer 14

Therapeutic Diets

Question 15

Daily nutrient intake level that is based on observed or experimentally determined approximation of the average nutrient intake.

Answer 15

Adequate Intake

Question 16

The highest level of daily nutrient intake that is likely to pose no risk of adverse health effects to almost all individuals in the general population.

Answer 16

Upper Tolerable Limit

Question 17

Is the daily intake which meets the nutrient requirements of almost all apparently healtht individuals in an age and sex-specific population group.

Answer 17

Recommended Nutrient Intakes

Question 18

Physiological Functions of Food.

Answer 18

*To provide energy
*Build and repair tissues
*Regulate body processes

Question 19

The sum of all the chemical reactions occuring in the body that use nutrients.

Answer 19

Metabolism

Question 20

Process of growing and maintaining itself.

Answer 20

Anabolism

Question 21

Breaks down and shapes tissues.

Answer 21

Catabolism

Question 22

Product of anabolism and catabolism.

Answer 22

Metabolites