Nutrition Quiz Review
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| Nutrition | How the body uses food for growth and development, maintenance and health.
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| Malnutrition | Inadequate supply of nutrients
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| Deficiency disease | A lack of essential nutrients. Lack of Vit. C=Scurvy, Lack of Vit D=Ricketts
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| Hollow calorie foods | High calorie, low nutrient. (Chips, chocolate, candy, cake, pop)
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| Digestion | Breakdown of food
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| Enzyme | Organic substances that assist in chemical reactions
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| Absorption | Movement of nutrient from intestines into the blood stream
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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 (BMI) | Minimum calories required to maintain vital function at rest
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| Calorie | Unit of Energy. Amount of heat or energy produced by a food
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| Essential nutrient | A nutrient that your body cannot make, you must get it from food
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| Registered dietician | A person who has a BA in food and nutrition science and passed an exam through the American Dietician 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 & energy (carbs & Fats), Regulate body processes (Vitamins & Minerals), Build and repair tissues (Protein)
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| Which two nutrients provide most of your body's heat & energy? | Carbohydrates & Fats (Fats are the primary source of energy)
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| Which nutrients are responsible for most of your body's build and repair | Protein
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| Which nutrients are necessary for metabolic reaction to proceed normally? | Vitamins and Minerals (regulates body processes)
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| Some general characteristics of malnutrition | Decreased resistance to disease & infection, slowed growth and development for children, weight loss (un-intentional)
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| Which groups of people are naturally more prone to malnutrition? | Elderly, Children (teens & Children) Cronically Ill
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| Where does most nutrient absorption take place | Small Intestines
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| Where does most water absorption take place | Large Intestines
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| What might cause someone's minimum calorie requirements to vary? | Working Out, Pregnant, Body Size, Gender, Age
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