HNF 150 MSU EXAM 2 PREP GUIDE 2026
HIGH YIELD TOPICS AND SOLUTIONS
HUMAN NUTRITION ROADMAP
◉ Components of Energy Expenditure
Answer: Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)The sum total of all involuntary
activities that are necessary for life, EXCEPT digestion and voluntary
activities
Thermic Effect of Food (TEF)Increase in BMR due to eating
Voluntary ActivitiesIntentional activities (walking, sitting, biking,
etc).
◉ Which is the largest component of Energy Expenditure?
Answer: BMR
◉ According to the definition of basal metabolism, which of the
following is NOT included in BMR?
Answer: Digestion
,◉ What is visceral fat?
Answer: Fat stored within the abdominal cavity
◉ Satiation =
Answer: the perception of fullness that builds throughout a meal;
determines amount of food consumed at meal
◉ Satiety =
Answer: the perception of fullness that lingers in the hours after a
meal and inhibits eating until the next meal time; determines length
of time between meals
◉ Mutual Supplementation:
Answer: strategy of combining two incomplete protein sources so
that the amino acids in one food make up for those lacking in the
other food.
◉ Example of Mutual Supplementation
Answer: legumes and grains
◉ Food insecurity:
Answer: the limited or uncertain availability/ability to acquire
nutritionally adequate and safe foods in socially acceptable ways
, ◉ Food security:
Answer: no reported food limitation or access problem.
◉ Hunger:
Answer: the recurrent and involuntary lack of access to food.
◉ School Lunch Program:
Answer: free or reduced price meals (130% poverty line for free
meals, 180% poverty line for reduced price meal).
◉ WIC:(women, infants, and children)
Answer: nutrition education and food packages to pregnant and
nursing women, and kids up to 5 years of age. Family income <=
185% of poverty line
◉ SNAP:(supplemental nutrition assistance program)
Answer: formerly known as food stamps; helps stretch food budget
and buy healthy food (can only be used to buy food products)
◉ Emergency Food System:
Answer: Food banks, churches, voluntary donations by general
populous
HIGH YIELD TOPICS AND SOLUTIONS
HUMAN NUTRITION ROADMAP
◉ Components of Energy Expenditure
Answer: Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)The sum total of all involuntary
activities that are necessary for life, EXCEPT digestion and voluntary
activities
Thermic Effect of Food (TEF)Increase in BMR due to eating
Voluntary ActivitiesIntentional activities (walking, sitting, biking,
etc).
◉ Which is the largest component of Energy Expenditure?
Answer: BMR
◉ According to the definition of basal metabolism, which of the
following is NOT included in BMR?
Answer: Digestion
,◉ What is visceral fat?
Answer: Fat stored within the abdominal cavity
◉ Satiation =
Answer: the perception of fullness that builds throughout a meal;
determines amount of food consumed at meal
◉ Satiety =
Answer: the perception of fullness that lingers in the hours after a
meal and inhibits eating until the next meal time; determines length
of time between meals
◉ Mutual Supplementation:
Answer: strategy of combining two incomplete protein sources so
that the amino acids in one food make up for those lacking in the
other food.
◉ Example of Mutual Supplementation
Answer: legumes and grains
◉ Food insecurity:
Answer: the limited or uncertain availability/ability to acquire
nutritionally adequate and safe foods in socially acceptable ways
, ◉ Food security:
Answer: no reported food limitation or access problem.
◉ Hunger:
Answer: the recurrent and involuntary lack of access to food.
◉ School Lunch Program:
Answer: free or reduced price meals (130% poverty line for free
meals, 180% poverty line for reduced price meal).
◉ WIC:(women, infants, and children)
Answer: nutrition education and food packages to pregnant and
nursing women, and kids up to 5 years of age. Family income <=
185% of poverty line
◉ SNAP:(supplemental nutrition assistance program)
Answer: formerly known as food stamps; helps stretch food budget
and buy healthy food (can only be used to buy food products)
◉ Emergency Food System:
Answer: Food banks, churches, voluntary donations by general
populous
