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What is a registered dietitian?

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A professional that has to have a minimum of a bachelors degree in nutrition or food sciences.

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What does nutrition study?

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How food nourishes the body and influences health.

Involve multiple stages of digestion.

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List the six essential nutrients.

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  1. carbohydrates
  2. Fats and lipids
  3. proteins
  4. water
  5. Vitamins
  6. minerals
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What does proteins contain that carbohydrates and fats don’t?

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Nitrogen

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What do proteins carbohydrates and fats all have in common?

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Carbon hydrogen and oxygen

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Why is alcohol not a nutrient?

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It is not necessary for our body to function.

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What are the water-soluble vitamins?

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C & B

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What are the fat-soluble vitamins?

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A D E & K

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What does DRI stand for?

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Dietary reference intake

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What does EAR stand for?

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Estimated average requirement

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What does RDA stand for?

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Recommended dietary allowance.

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What does AI stand for?

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Adequate intake.

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What does UL stand for?

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Tolerable upper level intake.

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What does EER stand for?

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Estimated energy requirement.

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What does AMDR stand for?

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Acceptable macronutrient distribution range.

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What is the AMDR percentage for the macronutrient protein?

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10 to 35%

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What is the AMDR recommended percentage for fat/lipid?

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20 to 35%

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What is the AMDR recommended percentage for carbohydrates?

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45 to 65%

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What are covert symptoms?

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Hidden symptoms.

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What are over symptoms?

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Obvious symptoms.

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What are the four characteristics of a healthy diet?

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  1. Adequate
  2. moderate
  3. balance
  4. diverse
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What are the four tools dietitians often used to assess dietary intake?

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  1. Diet history
  2. 24 hour diet recall
  3. food frequency questionnaire
  4. diet records
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What are the five components FDA requires on all labels?

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  1. A statement of identity
  2. net contents of the package
  3. ingredients list
  4. Manufactures name and address
  5. nutrition info
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What is a high % DV?

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> or = 20%

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What is a low % DV?

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< or = to 5%.

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What is the minimum recommended daily amount of physical activity according to the dietary guidelines for Americans?

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30 minutes daily moderate exercise most days of the week to maintain weight.

60 to 90 minutes on most days to promote weight loss.

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Where can saturated fats be found?

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Dairy products
coconut oil
palm oil

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Where can unsaturated fats be found?

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Olive oil
salmon
almonds
peanut butter

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28
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Name three tools that can be used to define a healthful diet?

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Food labels

2010 dietary guidelines for Americans

USTC food patterns my plate

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What are the food groups represented in my plate?

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Fruits 
vegetables 
proteins 
grains 
dairy
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30
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What does my plate focus on?

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1/2 the plate veggies
Barry your veggies
Focus on fruits
Make at least half your grains whole grains

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List for body composition assessment tools.

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Underwater weighing
skin fold measurements
dual energy x-ray of absorptiometry
Bod pod

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What does BM I stand for?

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Body mass index.

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What is BMI?

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Express the ratio of a persons weight to the swear of his or her height. Weight (kg)/ height (m)2

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Who regulates food labels?

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FDA.

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What is a normal BMI?

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18.2-25 kg/m2

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What is the range for BMI values that have increased health risks?

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Above 30 or below 18.5.

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What is the waist circumference of abdominal fat that causes risk for chronic disease in men and women?

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Men- >0.90

Women- >0.80

38
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How many excess kilocalories will result in a weight gain of 1 pound?

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3,500.

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What does BMR stand for and what is it?

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Basal metabolic rate

Energy expended to maintain resting functions of the body such as sleep and living.

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What is the primary determinant of BMR?

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The amount of lean body mass

muscle

41
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What does TES stand for?

What is it?

What percentage of it is our energy expenditure?

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Thermic effect of food

It is calories burned from eating

It is 5 to 10% of our total energy expenditure

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What is satiety?

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To feel full.

43
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What does leptin do?

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Acts to reduce food intake

Produced by body fat

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What does Gralin do?

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Stimulates appetite

Produced in the stomach

(My stomachs growling)

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What does peptide YY (PYY) do?

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Decreases appetite

Produced in intestine

46
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What factors increase satiety?

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Hormones- Serotonin, cholecystokinin (CCK)

blood glucose levels after meals

stomach expansion

nutrient absorption from the small intestines

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What is the BMI of an underweight person?

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< 18.5 kg/m2

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what is the BMI of an overweight person?

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> 25-29.9 kg/m2

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What is the BMI for someone who is morbidly obese?

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> 30- 39.9 kg/m2

> 100% of their normal weight

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What is metabolic syndrome?

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A cluster of factors increases risk for heart disease type two diabetes and stroke.

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What are some of the factors that cause metabolic syndrome?

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Abdominal obesity- > 35 inch in women > 40 inch in men

triglyceride levels

blood pressure

52
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What are the three characteristics of female athlete triad?

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Low energy
Amenorrhea and
osteoporosis

53
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Where is alcohol absorbed

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20% in the stomach and 80% in the small intestines

54
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Where is alcohol metabolized and filtered?

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The liver.

55
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What is a standard drink?

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12 ounces of beer
10 ounces of wine cooler
4 to 5 ounces of wine
1.5 ounces of 80 proof whiskey

56
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What is resveratol?

A

Phytochemical found in red wine grapes and nuts.

57
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What is ADH?

A

Alcohol dehydrogenase.

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What is ALDH?

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Aldehyde dehydrogenase.

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What does ADH activity do?

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Reduce alcohol absorption

In women ADH is less active in the stomach so we absorb more alcohol!

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Where is ADH found?

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In both the stomach and the liver.

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What is the definition of binge drinking?

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Consuming five more alcoholic drinks on one occasion for men and four more for women.

62
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What is metabolic tolerance?

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When the liver becomes more efficient and it’s breakdown of alcohol.

BAC rises much more slowly.

63
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What is functional tolerance?

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Individual show few signs of impairment/ intoxication even at high BAC.

64
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What is fatty liver?

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The early reversible stages of liver disease.

65
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What is alcoholic hepatitis?

A

Inflamed liver.

66
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What is cirrhosis of deliver?

A

The stages of liver disease.

67
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What is a good effect of alcohol?

A

It increases HDL (good cholesterol)

68
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True or false- both Mifflen St. George and Harris Benedict can be used to determine BMR

A

True

69
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What percentage of our daily value should we get from saturated fat?

A

7-10%

70
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What is anthropometric assessment?

A

Height bodyweight head circumference in infants and limb circumference.

71
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What is a subclinical deficiency?

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Occurs in the early stages so there are few few or no symptoms to be recorded.

72
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Define DRI

A

A set of national reference values for the US that applies to healthy people.

73
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Define EAR

A

The average daily nutrient intake estimated to meet 50% of healthy people.

74
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Define RDA

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The average daily nutrient intake level that meets the requirement of 97 to 98% of healthy people

75
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Define AI

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Reflects the average daily amount of nutrient that a group of healthy people consume.

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Define UL.

A

Maximum daily amount of nutrient that appear safer healthy people.

77
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Define EER.

A

The average daily energy intake required to maintain good health and balance energy.

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Define AMDR

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The range of intake for energy and nutrients that provide adequate energy and nutrients, and reduce the risk of chronic disease.