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Nutrition Answer - "The study of the nutrients and other biologically active
compounds in foods and in the body; sometimes also human behaviours
related to food"
Diet Answer - "The foods (including beverages) a person usually eats and
drinks"
Food Answer - "Any substance that the body can take in and assimilate that
will enable it to stay alive and to grow; the carrier of nourishment"
Health Answer - The state of a human when it functions optimally without
evidence of disease or abnormality
Nutritional Genomics Answer - "the science of how nutrients affect the
activities of genes and how genes affect the activity of nutrients"
Nutrients Answer - "components of food that are indispensable {or essential}
to the body functioning"
Nutrients provide Answer - energy, building material, help maintain or repair
body and support growth
, Essential Nutrients Answer - "the nutrients that the body can not make for
itself from other raw materials. Must be obtained through foods"
conditionally essential Answer - the body can not make enough to meet the
requirements for health (e.g the amino acid histidine to support protein
synthesis during growth)
8 essential amino acids (TV TILL PM) Answer - Threonine, Valine, Tryptophan,
Isoleucine, Leucine, Lysine, Phenylalanine, Methionine
Calorie Answer - the amount of heat energy required to raise the temperature
of 1 litre of water by 1 degree celsius
Adequate Answer - in essential nutrients, fibre and energy
Balance Answer - in nutrients and food types
Calorie control Answer - foods provide amount of energy to maintain healthy
body weight
Moderation Answer - in fat, salt, sugar or other unwanted constituents
Variety Answer - choose different foods each day
Nutrient Density Answer - "a measure of nutrients provided per calorie of
food" Can be used to determine which foods are most nutritious
Case studies Answer - individuals