HNSC 1210 MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Nutrition - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The study of nutrients in foods, how nutrients are used in the body,
and human behaviours related to food.
Diet - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The foods and beverages a person usually eats and drinks. Influences long-
term health outlook.
Food - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Any substance that the body can take in and assimilate that will enable it
to stay alive and healthy. Carrier of nutrients.
Health - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The state of a human when it fncs optimally w/out evidence of disease
or abnormality.
Health Canada Health Quote - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Long duration, degenerative disease characterized by damage
of body organs.
Nutritional Genomics - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The science of how nutrients affect the activities of genes
and how genes affect the activity of nutrients.
Nutrients - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Carbs, fats, proteins.
Other Nutrients - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Water, vitamins, minerals.
, Essential Nutrients - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The nutrients that the body cannot make for itself from
other raw materials.
Conditionally Essential Nutrients - CORRECT 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. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅8 Essential Amino Acids
Linoleic acid and linolenic acid. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅2 Essential Fatty Acids
Essential Vitamins - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Some fat soluble, 1 conditional, all water soluble.
A, D, E. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅3 Essential Fat Soluble Vitamins
K. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1 Conditional Vitamin
Minerals - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅All essential.
Calories - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Measure of food energy.
Grams - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Measure of food quantity.
4 Cal/g - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Carb Energy in Calories
4 Cal/g - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Protein Energy in Calories
9 Cal/g - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Fat (Lipid) Energy in Calories
Nutrition - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The study of nutrients in foods, how nutrients are used in the body,
and human behaviours related to food.
Diet - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The foods and beverages a person usually eats and drinks. Influences long-
term health outlook.
Food - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Any substance that the body can take in and assimilate that will enable it
to stay alive and healthy. Carrier of nutrients.
Health - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The state of a human when it fncs optimally w/out evidence of disease
or abnormality.
Health Canada Health Quote - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Long duration, degenerative disease characterized by damage
of body organs.
Nutritional Genomics - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The science of how nutrients affect the activities of genes
and how genes affect the activity of nutrients.
Nutrients - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Carbs, fats, proteins.
Other Nutrients - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Water, vitamins, minerals.
, Essential Nutrients - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The nutrients that the body cannot make for itself from
other raw materials.
Conditionally Essential Nutrients - CORRECT 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. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅8 Essential Amino Acids
Linoleic acid and linolenic acid. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅2 Essential Fatty Acids
Essential Vitamins - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Some fat soluble, 1 conditional, all water soluble.
A, D, E. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅3 Essential Fat Soluble Vitamins
K. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1 Conditional Vitamin
Minerals - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅All essential.
Calories - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Measure of food energy.
Grams - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Measure of food quantity.
4 Cal/g - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Carb Energy in Calories
4 Cal/g - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Protein Energy in Calories
9 Cal/g - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Fat (Lipid) Energy in Calories
