nutrition quiz review ma winter 2015
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| nutrition | how the body uses food for growth and development and maintenance of health
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| malnutrition | an inadequate supply of nutrients
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| deficiency disease | a lack of essential nutrients
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| what are the results of deficiency disease? | Scurvy and rickets
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| what causes scurvy? | Missing vitamin C
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| what causes rickets? | Missing vitamin D
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| how low calorie foods | high calorie, low nutrition foods
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| digestion | breakdown of food
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| enzyme | inorganic substance that help speed up chemical reactions, helps with digestion
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| absorption | the movement of nutrients from the intestine into the bloodstream
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| metabolism | how food is used after digestion and absorption in the production of energy
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| basal metabolic rate BMR | the amount of energy you need to maintain vital function at rest
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| calorie | amount of heat or energy produced by a food
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| essential nutrient | a nutrient not made by the body, you must get it from food
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| registered dietitian | someone who has a bachelor's degree in food and nutrition science and passed an exam with the American Dietetic Association (ADA)
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| dietetics | application of nutrition science to individuals
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| what qualifies a food substance as a nutrient? | Supply heat and energy, build and repair two shoes, regulate body processes
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| which nutrients are responsible for most of your body's build and repair? | Proteins
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| which nutrients are necessary for metabolic reactions to proceed normally? ( regulate body functions) | vitamins and minerals
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| list some general characteristics of malnutrition | decreased resistance to disease and infection, slowed growth and development in children, weight loss
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| which groups of people are naturally more prone to malnutrition? | Elderly, children, adolescents, chronically ill, poor
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| where does most nutrient absorption take place? | Small intestine
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| where does most water absorption take place? | Large intestine
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| what might cause someone's minimum calorie requirements to vary? | Activity levels, age, body mass, gender, pregnancy
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| what must a food substance accomplished be considered a nutrient? | Build and repair tissue
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| which nutrient helps regulate body processes? | which nutrient helps regulate body processes? Minerals and vitamins
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| Scurvy, which results from the lack of the essential nutrients vitamin C is an example of | Deficiency disease
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| when you calculate the minimum salary requirements for someone you are calculating | calories needed to perform activities of daily living and maintain current weight
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