QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Diet choices chosen by - CORRECT ANSWER emotional, environmental, religious, ethnic and
situational events
Six nutrient classes - CORRECT ANSWER water, mineral, vitamin, carbohydrate, protein, fat
functional foods - CORRECT ANSWER whole, modified or fortified; provide health benefits
beyond their nutrients
phytochemicals - CORRECT ANSWER nonnutrients found in plants, some do stuff in the body
organic nutrients - CORRECT ANSWER carbohydrates, proteins, fats and vitamins
inorganic nutrients - CORRECT ANSWER water and minerals
energy-yielding nutrients and macronutrients - CORRECT ANSWER carbohydrate, fat and
protein
micronutrients - CORRECT ANSWER water, vitamins and minerals
Nutritional genomics - CORRECT ANSWER integrates nutrition, human genome and
molecular biology
anecdote - CORRECT ANSWER info based on personal experience
epidemiological study - CORRECT ANSWER cross-sectional, case-control and cohort designs
laboratory-based studies - CORRECT ANSWER animal studies and laboratory-based in vitro
studies
, clinical trials - CORRECT ANSWER human intervention/clinical
positive correlation - CORRECT ANSWER as one variable increases so does the other
negative correlation - CORRECT ANSWER as one variable decreases so does the other
peer review - CORRECT ANSWER used to evaluate the procedures used and the conclusions
drawn from a study
validity - CORRECT ANSWER conclusions supported by the findings of a study
replication - CORRECT ANSWER used to confirm or disprove findings
Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI) - CORRECT ANSWER used to plan and evaluate diets for
healthy people
Estimated Average Requiremet (EAR) - CORRECT ANSWER requirement of a nutrient that
supports half the healthy population
Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) - CORRECT ANSWER uses the average as a base
and includes sufficient daily amounts of nutrients to meet the known needs of practically all healthy
populations. considers deficiencies
Adequate Intakes (AI) - CORRECT ANSWER average daily amount of a nutrient that doesn't
have scientific facts backing it
Tolerable Upper Intake Level (UL) - CORRECT ANSWER max daily amount of a nutrient that
appears safe for most healthy people and beyond this there is a risk of adverse health effects
Estimated Energy Requirements (EER) - CORRECT ANSWER ave daily energy intake to
maintain energy balance and good health for population groups