Question | Answer |
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T/F: Food choices are affected by cost of food | True |
T/F: Food choices are affected by availability of food | True |
T/F: Food choices are affected by nutrition | True |
A physiological drive that is an internal mechanism | Hunger |
A physiological drive to eat | Appetite |
Feeling of no longer desiring to eat | Satiety |
Satiety is regulated by the ... | Brain |
The science that links food to health and disease | Nutrition |
Process by which humans ingest, digest, absorb, transport and excrete nutrients | nutrition |
Without these nutrients, your health will decline. You need it because it has a specific biological function | Essential nutrient |
If you have omitted an essential nutrient for long and then start taking it again, will you usually recover? | Given enough time, usually |
Nearly a quarter of all deaths are due to disease of the heart, and another quarter are due to cancer. Both are linked to... | Poor diet and sedentary lifestyle |
What are the 2 leading causes of PREVENTABLE death? | 1-Smoking 2-Obesity |
What are the 6 classes of nutrients? | Carbohydrates, Lipids (fat), Proteins, Vitamins, Minerals, Water |
What 3 main things do nutrients do? | Provide energy, Regulate body processes, and fuel growth and development |
What is the major source of most people's calories (~50%)? | Carbohydrates |
How many calories do Carbs have? | 4 kcal/gm |
How many calories do Lipids have? | 9 kcal/gm |
Which lipids are naturally solid, which are liquid? | Plant oils are liquid, animal fats are solid |
How many calories do Proteins have? | 4 kcal/gm |
Of the 6 classes of nutrient, which is the main structural material of the human body? | Proteins |
Which of the 6 classes of nutrient enable chemical reactions and can be lost through heating/cooking? | Vitamins |
Which type of vitamin is more likely to be stored up to toxic levels? | Fat soluble (you'll pee out excess of water soluble) |
Minerals are inorganic because they have no... | Carbon |
A solvent/lubricant to our joints that also makes up the majority of our body weight (~60%) | Water |
How many 8-oz cups of water should a person drink in a day? | female-9 male-13 |
Which of the 6 classes of nutrient classes provide energy? | Most Carbs, Proteins, Most Lipids |
Found in fruits and vegetables, these include lycopene and antioxidants and don't seem to work as vitamins but need to be eaten in the original food | Phytochemicals |
Alcohol has how many calories? | 7 kcal/gm, no nutrients |
A measurement of energy equal to the amount of heat required to raise 1-g of water by 1 degree celsius | calorie |
What is a Calorie? (not the large C) | 1000 calories, or 1 kcal |
A serving of potato chips has 14 carbs, 2g protein, and 10g fat. How many calories is it? | Carbs=14x4=56, Protein=2x4=8, Fat=10x9=90, total=56+8+90=154 calories |
How much of the typical American's carb intake is simple sugars? | HALF |
Most of the fat a typical American eats comes from... | Animals |
Give 2 reasons people often put on about 6 pounds when they start college | Stress, booze, decreased exercise, peer pressure, university environment |