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Intro to Nutrition

Weeks 9 - 12 & 13- 15

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Sport drinks are formulated to: replace fluids and electrolytes lost through sweat.
Your roommate knows there are three components of fitness, but can't remember which of the following is not a component of fitness. Can you help (which is not a component of fitness)? lung volume
Your friend wants to know how to achieve cardiovascular fitness. Since you are taking this class, you tell him a person must exercise (work) at a specific heart rate which is called: target heart rate
Glucose is the primary fuel for intense activity. It comes primarily from: glycogen stores
Fitness enables the heart muscle, blood vessels, and lungs to work at maximum efficiency. What is this called? cardiovascular endurance
Which of the following fuel sources provide energy for exercising muscles? glucose and fatty acids
You are getting ready to run a half-marathon and you want your diet to provide an edge. Which of the following nutrients will do this? carbohydrates
It takes about __________ minutes of aerobic activity for our bodies to switch to fat as a fuel. 20
Which of the following minerals is a component of the body's oxygen transporting system? iron
Your sister is training for a marathon and is exercising in hot, humid weather. She weighed herself before and after a training run, and found she had lost 5 pounds. Approximately, how much water loss does this represent? 10 cups
Which of the following conditions is a common nutrition-related sign of early pregnancy that occurs in many healthy pregnant women? morning sickness
Bethany is due to give birth to a boy in March. Before she became pregnant, Bethany weighed 140 pounds, which was in the healthy range for her height. Based on this information, her physician will recommend that she gain ______ pounds during her pregnancy 25 - 35
Lisa is a healthy young woman whose energy requirement is 2250 kcal/day. Based on this information, what would be her daily energy requirement during her first trimester of pregnancy? 2250
Pregnant women generally need to take a supplement that contains folic acid
Pregnant women who develop gestational diabetes are more likely to give birth to ______ infants than pregnant women who do not have this condition. high birth weight
Which of the following substances is a lipid that is necessary for the proper development of an infant's nervous system? DHA
Alexis weighs 6.5 pounds at birth. Assuming her development proceeds normally, she should weigh about _____ pounds by her first birthday. 19.5
Most infants are physically ready to start eating solid foods when they can sit up with some back support
Which of the following foods is a usually recommended as the first solid food for infants? rice cereal
Caregivers should not feed _____ to infants. honey
______ are disease-causing microbes. pathogens
The __________ is the primary government agency that oversees the safety of most foods in the United States. FDA
Food-borne illnesses are usually characterized by abdominal cramps, diarrhea, and vomiting.
In the United States, common sources of food-borne illness include all of the following except: fungi
Which of the following practices can help reduce the growth of food-borne pathogens? all of the answers
Which of the following food preservation processes effectively destroys microbes? sterilization
___________is a commercial heating process that destroys harmful bacteria in milk and fruit juices. pasteurization
When you travel to countries outside the United States, you can reduce your risk of "travelers diarrhea" by avoiding water that has not been bottled and sealed.
Which of the following temperatures is recommended for storing chilled foods in the refrigerator? 40 degrees
To reduce the risk of food-borne illness, raw poultry should be cooked to an internal temperature of at least 165 degrees
The process of altering foods through genetic manipulation is called: biotechnology
Why are pesticides used? to kill insects, rodents, or other living things.
Substances widely used for many years without apparent ill effects are on the _________ list. GRAS
All of the following impact food security except? population growth in rural areas
The largest agricultural crop produced in the United States is corn
Cows are injected with hormones in order to all of these are correct
The agency that evaluates all food pesticides via a four-part risk assessment is the EPA
If a food label says "Made with Organic Ingredients," then the food contains at least 70 percent of organic
Which of the following health issues is not a direct contributor to food insecurity? mild to moderate obesity
Which of the following techniques is the simplest way to make water safe to drink? using solar radiation to purify water
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