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Dietary guidelines are intended to:
1. Apply to the food intake for a single day
2. Apply to items to be ingested for one meal
3. Apply to people who are ill
4. Aid in preventing chronic and degenerative diseases - ✔✔4. Aid in preventing
chronic and degenerative diseases
,FEEDBACK:
Dietary guidelines, which focus on healthy individuals from age 2 years on, are
also aimed at those at risk for the chronic disease to encourage proper dietary
habits to promote health and reduce the risk for major chronic diseases.
After reviewing the concept of nutrients, a nursing student demonstrates the need
for additional study if the student identifies which of the following as a class of
nutrients?
1. Alcohol
2. Carbohydrate
3. Fat
4. Protein - ✔✔1. Alcohol
Six classes of nutrients include - ✔✔Carbs, fats, proteins, vitamins, minerals, and
water.
A chemical substance required by the body is called a(n):
, 1. Additive
2. Vitamin
3. Food
4. Phytochemical - ✔✔2. Vitamin
FEEDBACK:
1. An additive, as the name implies, is a substance that is not normally present but
added to a food.
2. Vitamins are nutrients, which are chemical substances required by the body.
3. Food is essential to life, but it is not considered a chemical substance.