BIOD 121 - Essentials in Nutrition Module 1
What is nutrition: - correct answers nutrition by definition is a science that links food to health and
disease. It includes the processes that humans ingest, digest, absorb, transport, and excrete substances
Nutrition spands all ages in which: - correct answers it impacts the time of birth to the time of death
How do pharmaceuticals and the food industry play into nutrition: - correct answers through the
different supplements we take, what we eat and why we eat as far as food safety, mass production,
restaurants, manufacturers, media, and food labels
Nutrition by definition is the science that links food to: - correct answers health and disease
Good nutrition as well as exercise leads to: - correct answers good health
Media plays a huge role into nutrition as far as: - correct answers marketing, fad diets, celebrities, etc.
Nutrients can be classified as: - correct answers macro-nutrient, micro-nutrient, organic, and inorganic
Macro-nutrient: - correct answers needed in large amounts in the body
Micro-nutrients: - correct answers needed in small amounts in the body
Organic: - correct answers a compound that contains carbon and hydrogen
Inorganic: - correct answers any substance that doesn't contain carbon
Mechanical energy: - correct answers perform muscular movements
What are hormones: - correct answers they are compounds that are secreted into the bloodstream by
different cells, and their goal is to act to control the function of another type of cell
Ghrelin: - correct answers is produced by the stomach; its job is to travel to the brain,stimulate the
hunger center, and deactivate the satiety center
Leptin: - correct answers is produced by fat cells called adipose tissue; its job is to alert the brain, turn
off the hunger center, and activate the satiety center' any time your eating your leptin levels should
increase to tell you that your full
Name the key hormone that causes hunger. Indicate where in the body its produced and the process by
which it operates: - correct answers ghrelin; its produced by the stomach; its job is to travel the brain
and stimulate the hunger center and deactivate the satiety center
Two key hormones in the process of hunger and satiety are: - correct answers ghrelin and leptin
What is nutrition: - correct answers nutrition by definition is a science that links food to health and
disease. It includes the processes that humans ingest, digest, absorb, transport, and excrete substances
Nutrition spands all ages in which: - correct answers it impacts the time of birth to the time of death
How do pharmaceuticals and the food industry play into nutrition: - correct answers through the
different supplements we take, what we eat and why we eat as far as food safety, mass production,
restaurants, manufacturers, media, and food labels
Nutrition by definition is the science that links food to: - correct answers health and disease
Good nutrition as well as exercise leads to: - correct answers good health
Media plays a huge role into nutrition as far as: - correct answers marketing, fad diets, celebrities, etc.
Nutrients can be classified as: - correct answers macro-nutrient, micro-nutrient, organic, and inorganic
Macro-nutrient: - correct answers needed in large amounts in the body
Micro-nutrients: - correct answers needed in small amounts in the body
Organic: - correct answers a compound that contains carbon and hydrogen
Inorganic: - correct answers any substance that doesn't contain carbon
Mechanical energy: - correct answers perform muscular movements
What are hormones: - correct answers they are compounds that are secreted into the bloodstream by
different cells, and their goal is to act to control the function of another type of cell
Ghrelin: - correct answers is produced by the stomach; its job is to travel to the brain,stimulate the
hunger center, and deactivate the satiety center
Leptin: - correct answers is produced by fat cells called adipose tissue; its job is to alert the brain, turn
off the hunger center, and activate the satiety center' any time your eating your leptin levels should
increase to tell you that your full
Name the key hormone that causes hunger. Indicate where in the body its produced and the process by
which it operates: - correct answers ghrelin; its produced by the stomach; its job is to travel the brain
and stimulate the hunger center and deactivate the satiety center
Two key hormones in the process of hunger and satiety are: - correct answers ghrelin and leptin
