NUTRITION AND DIET THERAPY 1 BIOL 1322 EXAM QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS

NUTRITION AND DIET THERAPY 1 BIOL 1322 EXAM QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
nutrition ----Correct Answer ---- - the study of foods, theri nutrients and other cehmical components,
their actions and interactions in the body, and their influence on health and disease
health fraud ----Correct Answer ---- - conscious deceit practiced for profit, such as the promotion of a
false or an unproven product or therapy
quackery ----Correct Answer ---- - health fraud; a quack is a person who practices health fraud
carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, minerals, water ----Correct Answer ---- - what are the six classes
of nutrients?
carbohydrates, fats, proteins ----Correct Answer ---- - what are the energy-yielding nutrients?
nutrients ----Correct Answer ---- - substances obtained from food and used in the body to promote
growth, maintenance, and repair
essential nutrient ----Correct Answer ---- - a nutrient that must be obtained from food because the body
cannot make it for itself
energy ----Correct Answer ---- - the capacity to do work, such as moving or heating something
4 ----Correct Answer ---- - each gram of carbohydrate and protein consumed supplies your body with
how many calories?
9 ----Correct Answer ---- - each gram of fat provides your body with how many calories?
7 ----Correct Answer ---- - Each gram of alcohol supplies your body with how many calories?
vitamins and minerals ----Correct Answer ---- - what regulates the release of energy and other aspects of
metabolism?
calorie ----Correct Answer ---- - the unit used to measure energy
vitamins ----Correct Answer ---- - organic, or carbon-containing, essential nutrients that are vital to life
but needed only in relatively minute amounts
minerals ----Correct Answer ---- - inorganinc compounds, some of which are essential nutrients