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Chapter 1 - correct answers the energy yeilding nutrients include a. Vitamins, minerals, and water b. Carbohydrates, proteins, and fats c. Trace minerals and fat-soluble vitamins d. Iron, Vitamin C, and potassium - correct answers b. Carbohydrates, Proteins, and fats Our primary psychological drive to eat that is affected by many external food choice mechanisms is called a. Hunger b. Appetite c. Satiety d. Feeding - correct answers b. appetite The essential nutrients: a. Must be consumed at every meal b. Are required for infants but not adults c. Can be made in the body when they are needed d. Cannot be made in the body and therefor must be consumed to maintain health - correct answers d. Cannot be made in the body and therefor must be consumed to maintain health Sugars, Starches, and dietary fibers are examples of? a. Proteins b. Vitamins c. Carbohydrates d. Minerals - correct answers c. Carbohydrates Which nutrient classes are the most important in the regulation of body processes? a. Vitamins b. Carbohydrates c. Minerals d. Both a and c - correct answers d. Both a and c A food that contains 10 grams of fat would yield _____ kcal. a. 40 b. 70 c. 90 d. 120 - correct answers c. 90 A kcal is a a. Measure of heat energy b. Measure of fat in food c. Heating device d. Term used to describe the amount of sugar and fat in foods - correct answers a. Measure of heat energy If you consume 300 grams of carbohydrate in a day that you consume 2400 kcal, the carbohydrates will provide _____ % of your total energy intake a. 12.5 b. 30 c. 50 d. 60 - correct answers c. 50 Which of the following is true about North American eating patterns a. Most of our protein comes from plant sources b. About half of the carbohydrates come from simple sugars c. Most of our fats come from plant sources d. Most of our Carbohydrates come from starches - correct answers b. About half of the carbohydrates come from simple sugars Alcohol is the most damaging to the a. Brain cells, because alcohol can be used as an energy source even before glucose b. Kidney cells, because this is where alcohol is excreted c. gallbladder, because this is where alcohol is stored d. Liver cells, because this is where alcohol is metabolized - correct answers d.Liver cells, because this is where alcohol is metabolized Chapter 2: - correct answers anthropometric measurements a. Measurements or estimates of physical aspects of the body such as height, weight, circumferences, b. Blood concentrations of nutrients c. A diet history of the previous days' intake d. Blood levels of enzyme activities - correct answers a. Measurements or estimates of physical aspects of the body such as height, weight, circumferences, Foods with high nutrient density offer the ____ nutrients for the ____ calories. a. least, lowest b. least, most c. most, lowest d. most, most - correct answers c. most, lowest A meal of a bean burrito, cucumber salad, and glass of milk represents foods from all MyPlate food groups except a. dairy b. protein c. vegetables d. fruits - correct answers d. fruits The dietary guidelines for americans provide advice for americans a. from birth and older b. from age 2 and older c. from age 6 and older d. from age 18 and older - correct answers a. from birth and older The dietary guidelines recommend that we increase which of the following foods? a. refined grains b. whole milk products c. seafood d. added sugar - correct answers c. seafood How many minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity are recommended for adults in the physical activity guidelines for americans. a. 150 to 300 per week b. 30 to 69 minutes every day c. 50 to 150 minutes every day d. 30 to 60 minutes three days a week - correct answers a. 150 to 300 per week The term Daily Value is used on a. restaurant menus b. food labels c. medical charts d. health claims - correct answers b. food labels The Tolerable Upper Intake Level, or UL, is used to a. estimate calorie needs of the average person b. evaluate the highest amount of daily nutrient intake unlikely to cause adverse health effects c. evaluate your current intake for a specific nutrient d. compare the nutrient content of a food to approximate human needs - correct answers b. evaluate the highest amount of daily nutrient intake unlikely to cause adverse health effects The current food label must list: a. a picture of the product b. a uniform and realistic serving size c. the RDA for each age group d. ingredients alphabetically - correct answers b. a uniform and realistic serving size The most common type of undernutrition in industrialized nations, such as the United States, is a. anarexia b. protein deficiency c. obesity d. iron deficiency - correct answers d. iron deficiency a behavior that will decrease the risk of overweight gain in college is to a. skip breakfast b. drink more liquid calories c. stock your fridge with nutritious snacks d. move less sit more - correct answers c. stock your fridge with nutritious snacks Chapter 3 - correct answers

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Chapter 1 - correct answers



the energy yeilding nutrients include

a. Vitamins, minerals, and water

b. Carbohydrates, proteins, and fats

c. Trace minerals and fat-soluble vitamins

d. Iron, Vitamin C, and potassium - correct answers b. Carbohydrates, Proteins, and fats



Our primary psychological drive to eat that is affected by many external food choice mechanisms is
called

a. Hunger

b. Appetite

c. Satiety

d. Feeding - correct answers b. appetite



The essential nutrients:

a. Must be consumed at every meal

b. Are required for infants but not adults

c. Can be made in the body when they are needed

d. Cannot be made in the body and therefor must be consumed to maintain health - correct answers d.
Cannot be made in the body and therefor must be consumed to maintain health



Sugars, Starches, and dietary fibers are examples of?

a. Proteins

, b. Vitamins

c. Carbohydrates

d. Minerals - correct answers c. Carbohydrates



Which nutrient classes are the most important in the regulation of body processes?

a. Vitamins

b. Carbohydrates

c. Minerals

d. Both a and c - correct answers d. Both a and c



A food that contains 10 grams of fat would yield _____ kcal.

a. 40

b. 70

c. 90

d. 120 - correct answers c. 90



A kcal is a

a. Measure of heat energy

b. Measure of fat in food

c. Heating device

d. Term used to describe the amount of sugar and fat in foods - correct answers a. Measure of heat
energy



If you consume 300 grams of carbohydrate in a day that you consume 2400 kcal, the carbohydrates will
provide _____ % of your total energy intake

a. 12.5

b. 30

c. 50

d. 60 - correct answers c. 50

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