HNSC 1210 MIDTERM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SOLVED
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Nutrition Answer - The study of nutrients in foods, how nutrients are used in
the body, and human behaviours related to food.
Diet Answer - The foods and beverages a person usually eats and drinks.
Influences long-term health outlook.
Food Answer - Any substance that the body can take in and assimilate that will
enable it to stay alive and healthy. Carrier of nutrients.
Health Answer - The state of a human when it fncs optimally w/out evidence of
disease or abnormality.
Health Canada Health Quote Answer - Optimal health for Canadians can only
be achieved when greater efforts are made in health promotion and prevention
of illness, and when nutrition is an integral part of these efforts.
Chronic Disease Answer - Long duration, degenerative disease characterized by
damage of body organs.
Nutritional Genomics Answer - The science of how nutrients affect the
activities of genes and how genes affect the activity of nutrients.
,Nutrients Answer - Components in food that are indispensable (or essential) to
the fnc'ing of the body. Provide energy, building material, and help maintain or
repair the body and support growth.
Energy-Providing Nutrients Answer - Carbs, fats, proteins.
Other Nutrients Answer - Water, vitamins, minerals.
Essential Nutrients Answer - The nutrients that the body cannot make for itself
from other raw materials.
Conditionally Essential Nutrients Answer - The body cannot make enough to
meet the requirements for health.
Threonine, Valine, Tryptophan, Isoleucine, Leucine, Lysine, Phenylalanine,
Methionine. Help for remembering - TV TILL PM. Answer - 8 Essential Amino
Acids
Linoleic acid and linolenic acid. Answer - 2 Essential Fatty Acids
Essential Vitamins Answer - Some fat soluble, 1 conditional, all water soluble.
A, D, E. Answer - 3 Essential Fat Soluble Vitamins
K. Answer - 1 Conditional Vitamin
Minerals Answer - All essential.
, Calories Answer - Measure of food energy.
Grams Answer - Measure of food quantity.
4 Cal/g Answer - Carb Energy in Calories
4 Cal/g Answer - Protein Energy in Calories
9 Cal/g Answer - Fat (Lipid) Energy in Calories
Alcohol + Energy in Calories Answer - Provides energy but not a nutrient. 7
Cal/g.
Healthy Diets Answer - Adequate in essential nutrients. Balance in nutrients
and food types. Calorie control: foods provide amount of energy to maintain
healthy body weight. Moderation in fat, salt, sugar, or other unwanted
constituents. Variety: choose different foods each day.
Basic (whole) foods, enriched and fortified foods, fast foods, fnc'al foods,
natural foods, nutraceuticals, organic foods, partitioned foods. processed
foods, staple foods. Answer - Food Types (11)
Availability, cost, convenience, emotional, social, and cultural factors, media
advertising, habit, positive association, weight, nutritional value. Answer -
Factors that Affect Food Choices
Case studies, epidemiological studies, intervention studies, laboratory studies.
Answer - Research Designs
100% CORRECT.
Nutrition Answer - The study of nutrients in foods, how nutrients are used in
the body, and human behaviours related to food.
Diet Answer - The foods and beverages a person usually eats and drinks.
Influences long-term health outlook.
Food Answer - Any substance that the body can take in and assimilate that will
enable it to stay alive and healthy. Carrier of nutrients.
Health Answer - The state of a human when it fncs optimally w/out evidence of
disease or abnormality.
Health Canada Health Quote Answer - Optimal health for Canadians can only
be achieved when greater efforts are made in health promotion and prevention
of illness, and when nutrition is an integral part of these efforts.
Chronic Disease Answer - Long duration, degenerative disease characterized by
damage of body organs.
Nutritional Genomics Answer - The science of how nutrients affect the
activities of genes and how genes affect the activity of nutrients.
,Nutrients Answer - Components in food that are indispensable (or essential) to
the fnc'ing of the body. Provide energy, building material, and help maintain or
repair the body and support growth.
Energy-Providing Nutrients Answer - Carbs, fats, proteins.
Other Nutrients Answer - Water, vitamins, minerals.
Essential Nutrients Answer - The nutrients that the body cannot make for itself
from other raw materials.
Conditionally Essential Nutrients Answer - The body cannot make enough to
meet the requirements for health.
Threonine, Valine, Tryptophan, Isoleucine, Leucine, Lysine, Phenylalanine,
Methionine. Help for remembering - TV TILL PM. Answer - 8 Essential Amino
Acids
Linoleic acid and linolenic acid. Answer - 2 Essential Fatty Acids
Essential Vitamins Answer - Some fat soluble, 1 conditional, all water soluble.
A, D, E. Answer - 3 Essential Fat Soluble Vitamins
K. Answer - 1 Conditional Vitamin
Minerals Answer - All essential.
, Calories Answer - Measure of food energy.
Grams Answer - Measure of food quantity.
4 Cal/g Answer - Carb Energy in Calories
4 Cal/g Answer - Protein Energy in Calories
9 Cal/g Answer - Fat (Lipid) Energy in Calories
Alcohol + Energy in Calories Answer - Provides energy but not a nutrient. 7
Cal/g.
Healthy Diets Answer - Adequate in essential nutrients. Balance in nutrients
and food types. Calorie control: foods provide amount of energy to maintain
healthy body weight. Moderation in fat, salt, sugar, or other unwanted
constituents. Variety: choose different foods each day.
Basic (whole) foods, enriched and fortified foods, fast foods, fnc'al foods,
natural foods, nutraceuticals, organic foods, partitioned foods. processed
foods, staple foods. Answer - Food Types (11)
Availability, cost, convenience, emotional, social, and cultural factors, media
advertising, habit, positive association, weight, nutritional value. Answer -
Factors that Affect Food Choices
Case studies, epidemiological studies, intervention studies, laboratory studies.
Answer - Research Designs
