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What is Nutrition?
ANSW - The basic component of health, essential for normal growth and development,
tissue maintenance and repair, cellular metabolism and organ function.
What is a Calorie?
1 gram protein =
1 gram carbohydrate =
1 gram far =
ANSW - Unit of measure for energy in food
4 Calories
4 Calories
9 Calories
Calculate ideal body weight for individual over 5 feet
ANSW - Men: 106 + 6 lb for every inch over 60 in
Women: 100 + 5 lb for every inch over 60 in
Factors that affect energy requirements
ANSW - age, body mass, gender, fever, starvation, smoking, menstruation, illness,
infection, activity level, thyroid function
Essential nutrient
ANSW - Needed for growth or maintenance but unable to be manufactured by the body
Non-essential nutrient
ANSW - Not needed in diet because the body can make them
What are the six essential nutrients?
ANSW - Carbohydrates, fat, protein, vitamins, minerals, water
Malnutrition
ANSW - Lack of sufficient nutrients in the body.
Under-nutrition
ANSW - Nutritional deficiency resulting from lack of food or from the inability of the body
to convert or absorb it.
Over-nutrition
ANSW - the excessive intake of food, especially in unbalanced proportions.
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