Nutrition Final Exam (cumulative) questions and answers 2026 update

Nutrition Final Exam (cumulative) questions and answers
2026 update
What is the number one reason most people choose to eat certain foods? ANS>>
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Taste



What are functional foods? ANS>> Foods that provide health benefits beyond their
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nutrient contributions
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True/False: Our bodies can derive all the energy, structural materials and regulating
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What are the SIX classes of nutrients? ANS>> 1. Water
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2. Carbohydrates

3. Lipids

4. Proteins

5. Vitamins

6. Minerals



Which is the simplest of the nutrients? ANS>> Minerals
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,Which of the six classes of nutrients are inorganic? ANS>> Water and minerals
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Which of the six classes of nutrients are organic? ANS>> Carbohydrates, lipids,
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True/False: The body can make all of the nutrients that it needs. ANS>> False: the
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body does not make enough of some of the nutrients it needs so the rest must be
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What are essential nutrients? ANS>> Nutrients that must be supplied by the diet.
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What nutrients can yield energy? ANS>> Carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins
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How much energy do carbohydrates yield? Lipids? Proteins? ANS>>
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Carbohydrates: 4 k-cal/gram n, n,




Lipids: 9 k-cal/gramn, n,




Protein: 4 k-cal/gram n, n,




What are macronutrients? ANS>> Nutrients that the body requires in large
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Which of the nutrients are considered to be macronutrients? ANS>>
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What are micronutrients? ANS>> Nutrients that the body requires in small amounts.
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Which of the nutrients are considered to be micronutrients? ANS>> Vitamins and
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minerals.



True/False: Vitamins and minerals yield energy. ANS>> False
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True/False: Vitamins are destroyed by heat, light and chemical agents. ANS>>
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True



True/False: Minerals are destroyed by heat, light and chemical agents. ANS>>
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False: minerals are indestructible because they are inorganic.
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What is the set of standards that define how much energy, nutrients, physical health
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