HOSA - NUTRITION QUESTION AND ASNSWERS
2024/2025 REVISED
Provide Energy, Build and Repair Body Tissue, Regulate Body Processes
Three main functions of the 6 essential nutrients
Carbs, Proteins, and Fats
Nutrients used primarily to provide energy
Proteins, Vitamins, and Minerals
Nutrients used mainly to repair body tissues
low-nutrient-density foods
Potato Chips, cakes, sodas, and candy are
heart disease
Cumulative effect of a high-fat diet could be
Organic
Products grown without pesticides
Fat
Organic Nutrient
Weight
Anthropocentric measures include
African American Foods
Down-home breads are served with most meals. Black-eyed peas, okra, sweet
potatoes, peanuts, corn, green beans, and peppers are important. Pork, chicken, fried
fish.
too much fat, sodium, and carbs.
deficient in iron, calcium, fiber, potassium, vitamin C.
French American Foods
Cajun. Lacking calcium, vitamins D, E, and C
Mexican Foods
Beans, rice, tomatoes, onions, jalapenos, chilies. Pork, goat, garlic, wheat, refritos,
avacoadoes, cheese. Flan is a favorite dessert.
Lacking vitamin C. Calcium intake is low because of lactose intolerance.
Puerto Rican
Corn, wheat, seafood, beef, pork, rice, olive oil, chicken, pinto beans, and okra.
Plantains, green bananas, potatoes, squash, taro, and breadfruit. Pineapple, mango,
papayas, guava, and coconut.
Not enough calcium.
Italian Foods
pasta, rice, beans, olives, fruits, vegetables, seafood. Beef is seldom. Salami, veal and
pork is favored. cheese is important. fat is usually olive oil. dessert is fruit.
Greek Foods
Salads. Bread is the basis. fruity olive oil. seafood, lamb, goat, and pork.
, North European foods
large servings of meat. little sides of vegetables and starch. greens, potatoes, beets,
mushrooms, barley, plums, rye. sausages, cheese, dark bread, dairy. pickled herring.
needs more vitamins, minerals, fiber
central european foods
pork and chicken are common. beef sausage and fish are popular too. cabbage
sauerkraut, carrots, turnips, potatoes, beans, lentils, onions. spatzle, dark bread, and
muesli are main carbs. eggs and dairy.
needs fewer fat
middle eastern foods
lamb. pita, flat, sourdough breads. legumes. chickpeas/hummus. dairy. fruits, dates,
figs.
need more vitamins, minerals, fiber
chinese foods
5 essential grains: rice, soybeans, barley, wheat, millet. many vegetables. protein is
from seaood, eggs, pork, chicken, beef, tofu.
soysauce contributes to high blood pressure.
not enough calcium.
Japanese
protein is from seafood, chicken, and eggs. sushi is popular.
need fruits.
Southeast Asian Foods
rice and noodles. two times as much fish than other meats.
too much sodium
Indian Foods
lentils, beans, and milk are the proteins.
vitamins
fruits and vegetables are rich sources of
5.5oz
daily intake from protein for a 2000 calorie diet
complex carbs
rich in dietary fiber and B vitamins
mouth
digestion begins here
small intestine
most digestive processes occur here
duodenum, jejunum, ileum
three sections of the small intestine in descending order
chyme
fluid that moves from the stomach through pyloric sphincter
2024/2025 REVISED
Provide Energy, Build and Repair Body Tissue, Regulate Body Processes
Three main functions of the 6 essential nutrients
Carbs, Proteins, and Fats
Nutrients used primarily to provide energy
Proteins, Vitamins, and Minerals
Nutrients used mainly to repair body tissues
low-nutrient-density foods
Potato Chips, cakes, sodas, and candy are
heart disease
Cumulative effect of a high-fat diet could be
Organic
Products grown without pesticides
Fat
Organic Nutrient
Weight
Anthropocentric measures include
African American Foods
Down-home breads are served with most meals. Black-eyed peas, okra, sweet
potatoes, peanuts, corn, green beans, and peppers are important. Pork, chicken, fried
fish.
too much fat, sodium, and carbs.
deficient in iron, calcium, fiber, potassium, vitamin C.
French American Foods
Cajun. Lacking calcium, vitamins D, E, and C
Mexican Foods
Beans, rice, tomatoes, onions, jalapenos, chilies. Pork, goat, garlic, wheat, refritos,
avacoadoes, cheese. Flan is a favorite dessert.
Lacking vitamin C. Calcium intake is low because of lactose intolerance.
Puerto Rican
Corn, wheat, seafood, beef, pork, rice, olive oil, chicken, pinto beans, and okra.
Plantains, green bananas, potatoes, squash, taro, and breadfruit. Pineapple, mango,
papayas, guava, and coconut.
Not enough calcium.
Italian Foods
pasta, rice, beans, olives, fruits, vegetables, seafood. Beef is seldom. Salami, veal and
pork is favored. cheese is important. fat is usually olive oil. dessert is fruit.
Greek Foods
Salads. Bread is the basis. fruity olive oil. seafood, lamb, goat, and pork.
, North European foods
large servings of meat. little sides of vegetables and starch. greens, potatoes, beets,
mushrooms, barley, plums, rye. sausages, cheese, dark bread, dairy. pickled herring.
needs more vitamins, minerals, fiber
central european foods
pork and chicken are common. beef sausage and fish are popular too. cabbage
sauerkraut, carrots, turnips, potatoes, beans, lentils, onions. spatzle, dark bread, and
muesli are main carbs. eggs and dairy.
needs fewer fat
middle eastern foods
lamb. pita, flat, sourdough breads. legumes. chickpeas/hummus. dairy. fruits, dates,
figs.
need more vitamins, minerals, fiber
chinese foods
5 essential grains: rice, soybeans, barley, wheat, millet. many vegetables. protein is
from seaood, eggs, pork, chicken, beef, tofu.
soysauce contributes to high blood pressure.
not enough calcium.
Japanese
protein is from seafood, chicken, and eggs. sushi is popular.
need fruits.
Southeast Asian Foods
rice and noodles. two times as much fish than other meats.
too much sodium
Indian Foods
lentils, beans, and milk are the proteins.
vitamins
fruits and vegetables are rich sources of
5.5oz
daily intake from protein for a 2000 calorie diet
complex carbs
rich in dietary fiber and B vitamins
mouth
digestion begins here
small intestine
most digestive processes occur here
duodenum, jejunum, ileum
three sections of the small intestine in descending order
chyme
fluid that moves from the stomach through pyloric sphincter
