NFS284 Midterm Test Questions with
Complete Correct Solutions 2025-2026
Updated.
Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) - Answer survey of health information, including
food intake
2004 and 2015
Canadian Healthy Eating Index (CHEI) - Answer measures adherence to 2007-CFG
diet is #1 risk factor for chronic disease - Answer
chronic diesease - Answer diabetes
heart disease
hypertension
obesity
cancer
stroke
osteoporosis
neurodegenerative disease
Essential nutrients - Answer 1. essential to human life
2. must be provided by the diet as it cannot be synthesized in the body
- no essential nutrients lead to deficiency symptoms and death
- add nutrient, symptoms disappear
macronutrients - Answer carbs
lipids (dietary fat/fat)
protein
carbs and lipids - Answer provide energy to support basal metabolism and physical activity
protein - Answer when present in excess, is used as a source of energy
,units of energy - Answer calories or kilocalories
atwater numbers - Answer 4 kcal/g carb
9 kcal/g fat or lipids
4 kcal/g protein
7 kcal/g alcohol
lipids, dietary fats - Answer triglycerides
- major chemical form of lipids
- an ester of glycerol + 3 fatty acids
unsaturated fatty acids - Answer with double bond
beneficial
- reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease
common in plant oils
- canola, soybean, olive
MUFA (monounstaurated)
- one double bond
- oleic acid in olive oil
PUFA (polyunsaturated)
- at least 2 double bond
- canolaoil and soybean oil
ex. linoleic acid (omega-6) and alpha-linolenic acid (omega-3)
- above to gotta be obtained from diet
omega 3 fatty acids - Answer EPA and DHA
- synthesized in the body from alpha-linolenic acid
- also obtained from fatty fish or fish oil supplements
- beneficial to cardio disease
saturated fatty acids - Answer found in high amounts in fats from animal sources
, food high in this should be replaced w food high in unsaturated fat
trans fatty acids - Answer found in hydrogenated vegetable oils, margarines and shortenings
banned from canada in 2018
saturated and trans - Answer associated with increased disease risk
carbohydrates - Answer digestible
- starch, glucose, sugars (Sucrose and fructose)
indigestible
- dietary fibre
- high fibre: reduce risk of CVD and colon cancer
proteins - Answer aa joined by peptide bonds
micronutrients - Answer vitamins
- org
- fat-soluble vitamins
- water-soluble vitamins
minerals
- inorg
- iron: prevents iron deficiency anemia
- iodine
- calcium
vitamins - Answer fat-soluble
- a,d,e,k
- stored in liver and adipose tissue
- not rapidly depleted from body
- if intake is high, toxic
water-soluble
- b and c
Complete Correct Solutions 2025-2026
Updated.
Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) - Answer survey of health information, including
food intake
2004 and 2015
Canadian Healthy Eating Index (CHEI) - Answer measures adherence to 2007-CFG
diet is #1 risk factor for chronic disease - Answer
chronic diesease - Answer diabetes
heart disease
hypertension
obesity
cancer
stroke
osteoporosis
neurodegenerative disease
Essential nutrients - Answer 1. essential to human life
2. must be provided by the diet as it cannot be synthesized in the body
- no essential nutrients lead to deficiency symptoms and death
- add nutrient, symptoms disappear
macronutrients - Answer carbs
lipids (dietary fat/fat)
protein
carbs and lipids - Answer provide energy to support basal metabolism and physical activity
protein - Answer when present in excess, is used as a source of energy
,units of energy - Answer calories or kilocalories
atwater numbers - Answer 4 kcal/g carb
9 kcal/g fat or lipids
4 kcal/g protein
7 kcal/g alcohol
lipids, dietary fats - Answer triglycerides
- major chemical form of lipids
- an ester of glycerol + 3 fatty acids
unsaturated fatty acids - Answer with double bond
beneficial
- reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease
common in plant oils
- canola, soybean, olive
MUFA (monounstaurated)
- one double bond
- oleic acid in olive oil
PUFA (polyunsaturated)
- at least 2 double bond
- canolaoil and soybean oil
ex. linoleic acid (omega-6) and alpha-linolenic acid (omega-3)
- above to gotta be obtained from diet
omega 3 fatty acids - Answer EPA and DHA
- synthesized in the body from alpha-linolenic acid
- also obtained from fatty fish or fish oil supplements
- beneficial to cardio disease
saturated fatty acids - Answer found in high amounts in fats from animal sources
, food high in this should be replaced w food high in unsaturated fat
trans fatty acids - Answer found in hydrogenated vegetable oils, margarines and shortenings
banned from canada in 2018
saturated and trans - Answer associated with increased disease risk
carbohydrates - Answer digestible
- starch, glucose, sugars (Sucrose and fructose)
indigestible
- dietary fibre
- high fibre: reduce risk of CVD and colon cancer
proteins - Answer aa joined by peptide bonds
micronutrients - Answer vitamins
- org
- fat-soluble vitamins
- water-soluble vitamins
minerals
- inorg
- iron: prevents iron deficiency anemia
- iodine
- calcium
vitamins - Answer fat-soluble
- a,d,e,k
- stored in liver and adipose tissue
- not rapidly depleted from body
- if intake is high, toxic
water-soluble
- b and c
