NUTRITION BASICS AN ACTIVE
APPROACH 2ND EDITION ZIMMERMAN
TEST BANK 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
⩥ Nutrition. Answer: Sum of all processes involved in how organisms
obtain nutrient, metabolize and use them?
⩥ Nutritional science. Answer: Investigation of how an organism is
nourished and how it affects personal health, population health, and
planetary health.
⩥ Health. Answer: A state of physical, mental, and social well-being not
merely absence of disease or infirmity.
⩥ Disease. Answer: Any abnormal condition affecting health of an
organism and characterized by a specific sign and symptom.
⩥ Diet Related Conditions include:. Answer: Type 2 diabetes,
cardiovascular disease, some cancers, and osteoporosis.
⩥ US Government developed what tools for diet related public policy in
what year?. Answer: 1980's -> Food Pyramid
,2011 -> MyPlate
⩥ Nutrients. Answer: Chemical compounds in food that the body uses to
perform function and maintain health.
⩥ What are the 4 macronutrients?. Answer: Carbohydrates, Lipids,
proteins, and water.
⩥ What are the 2 micronutrients?. Answer: 14 essential Vitamins and 16
essential minerals.
⩥ Pellagra's 4 D's. Answer: Diarrhea, Dermatitis, Dementia, and Death
⩥ What are the 4 fat soluble vitamins and functions?. Answer: Vitamin
A- Vision, reproduction, and immune system function
Vitamin E- Antioxidant, cell membrane protection
Vitamin K- Bone and teeth maintenance, blood clotting factors
Vitamin D- Bone and teeth maintenance, immune system function
⩥ Scientific Method. Answer: An organized process of inquiry used in
nutritional science to determine if food suspects fit the claim.
⩥ 3 important scientific study types. Answer: Epidemiological studies,
Randomized Clinical trial studies, and Labatory animal and cell studies.
, ⩥ Epidemiological study. Answer: Based on frequency, pattern, and
distribution of health events in a population.
⩥ Randomized Clinical trial studies. Answer: Scientific investigation w/
variables that are changed between groups of people with the control
group having no intervention.
⩥ Labatory Animal and cell studies. Answer: Conducting testing on
animals
⩥ Nutrigenomics. Answer: How nutrients affect gene expression and
how genes affect our nutritional requirements.
⩥ Epigenetics. Answer: A rapidly advancing scientific field in which
researchers' study how nongene factors expression gene expressions.
How the nutrients make chemical reactions to turn genes "on" and "off."
⩥ Chapter 2. Answer: Chapter 2
⩥ Malnutrition involves both:. Answer: Overnutrition and
Undernutrition
⩥ 5 Key Factors to a Health Diet. Answer: -employing Moderation
APPROACH 2ND EDITION ZIMMERMAN
TEST BANK 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
⩥ Nutrition. Answer: Sum of all processes involved in how organisms
obtain nutrient, metabolize and use them?
⩥ Nutritional science. Answer: Investigation of how an organism is
nourished and how it affects personal health, population health, and
planetary health.
⩥ Health. Answer: A state of physical, mental, and social well-being not
merely absence of disease or infirmity.
⩥ Disease. Answer: Any abnormal condition affecting health of an
organism and characterized by a specific sign and symptom.
⩥ Diet Related Conditions include:. Answer: Type 2 diabetes,
cardiovascular disease, some cancers, and osteoporosis.
⩥ US Government developed what tools for diet related public policy in
what year?. Answer: 1980's -> Food Pyramid
,2011 -> MyPlate
⩥ Nutrients. Answer: Chemical compounds in food that the body uses to
perform function and maintain health.
⩥ What are the 4 macronutrients?. Answer: Carbohydrates, Lipids,
proteins, and water.
⩥ What are the 2 micronutrients?. Answer: 14 essential Vitamins and 16
essential minerals.
⩥ Pellagra's 4 D's. Answer: Diarrhea, Dermatitis, Dementia, and Death
⩥ What are the 4 fat soluble vitamins and functions?. Answer: Vitamin
A- Vision, reproduction, and immune system function
Vitamin E- Antioxidant, cell membrane protection
Vitamin K- Bone and teeth maintenance, blood clotting factors
Vitamin D- Bone and teeth maintenance, immune system function
⩥ Scientific Method. Answer: An organized process of inquiry used in
nutritional science to determine if food suspects fit the claim.
⩥ 3 important scientific study types. Answer: Epidemiological studies,
Randomized Clinical trial studies, and Labatory animal and cell studies.
, ⩥ Epidemiological study. Answer: Based on frequency, pattern, and
distribution of health events in a population.
⩥ Randomized Clinical trial studies. Answer: Scientific investigation w/
variables that are changed between groups of people with the control
group having no intervention.
⩥ Labatory Animal and cell studies. Answer: Conducting testing on
animals
⩥ Nutrigenomics. Answer: How nutrients affect gene expression and
how genes affect our nutritional requirements.
⩥ Epigenetics. Answer: A rapidly advancing scientific field in which
researchers' study how nongene factors expression gene expressions.
How the nutrients make chemical reactions to turn genes "on" and "off."
⩥ Chapter 2. Answer: Chapter 2
⩥ Malnutrition involves both:. Answer: Overnutrition and
Undernutrition
⩥ 5 Key Factors to a Health Diet. Answer: -employing Moderation
