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Nutrition Mid Term
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The number of years that a person of a given age may expect to live; this is affected by environment, lifestyle, sex, and race. | Life expectancy |
| Type of weight loss of 5% of body weight over a 6- to 12-month period is termed ______________. | Unintentional |
| A condition that involves low bone mass and an increased risk for fracture | Osteopenia |
| The use of multiple medications by the same person. | Polypharmacy |
| The nutrients that provide the body with its primary source of fuel for energy are | carbohydrates. |
| The sum of all body processes that accomplish the basic life-sustaining tasks | Metabolism |
| ______ _____________ are the building blocks of protein that are necessary for constructing and repairing body tissues | Amino Acids |
| A complex carbohydrate found in animal tissue that is composed of many glucose units linked together | Glycogen |
| Classify the type (s) of CHO found in various foods. | Monosaccharides, Disaccharides, Polysaccharides |
| Sugars with a simple structure of one or two single-sugar (saccharide) units; a monosaccharide is composed of one sugar unit, and a disaccharide is composed of two sugar unit | Simple Carbohydrates |
| Complex carbohydrates that are composed of many sugar units | Polysaccharides |
| The most significant polysaccharides in the diet. | Starches |
| Significant carbohydrate found in the body | Glycogen |
| The chief component of cell walls in plants and is the most abundant dietary fiber | Cellulose |
| Dietary fiber is refereed to as __________ or ____________ | soluble or insoluble |
| Glycerides are composed of ________________ | fatty acids |
| When a substance is described as saturated, it contains ____of the material that it is capable of holding. | All |
| Deficiency of this vitamin results in Bleeding tendencies; hemorrhagic disease; poor bone growth | Vitamin K |
| The name pyridoxine comes from the pyridine ring in the structure of this vitamin | Vitmain B6 |
| Is essential for DNA synthesis and cell division. | Vitamin B12 |
| The amount of energy (in kcal) needed by the body for the maintenance of life when a person is at complete digestive, physical, mental, thermal, and emotional rest | Basal energy expenditure |
| The amount of energy (in kcal) needed by the body for the maintenance of life at rest | Resting energy expenditure |
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