COMPLETE ANSWERS AND STUDY GUIDE
DIETARY SCIENCE CORE
◉ Enriched food
Answer: when something is refined, take out nutrients and put them
back in (white flour)
food in which nutrients that were lost in processing have been
added back
ex. you drink orange juice with calcium
◉ fortified food
Answer: add nutrients to something that never had those nutrients
(or less of those nutrients)
A food to which nutrients are added in amounts greater than what
would naturally occur in the food
◉ Total Calories (equation)
Answer: carbohydrate calories + protein calories + fat calories
, ◉ % calories from fat/carbohydrate/protein
Answer: calories from fat(or carbohydrate or protein)/total calories
◉ RDA and AI goal
Answer: setting recommended intake values
◉ EAR goal
Answer: facilitating nutrition research and policy
◉ UL goal
Answer: establishing safety guidelines
◉ AMDR goal
Answer: preventing chronic diseases
◉ Reasons for obesity and diabetes epidemic
Answer: ~Obesity and Diabetes has increased over the years.
~Eating worse and not being active.
~Desk jobs, sitting all day
~Busier (multiple jobs to make ends meet, not having
~homemade/healthy meals)