TEST BANK FOR BASIC NUTRITION AND DIET
THERAPY 16TH EDITION BY NIX WILLIAMS
Nutrition - answers Concerns the food people eat and how their bodies use it.
Nutritional Science - answers Comprises the body of scientific knowledge governing
humans' food requirements for maintenance, growth, activity, reproduction, and
lactation.
Dietetics - answers The health profession responsible for applying nutrition science
to promote human health and treat disease.
Registered Dietitian - answers Also referred to as the clinical nutrition specialist or
public health nutritionist in the community, is the nutrition authority on the health care
team. Carry out the major responsibility of nutritional care in patients and clients.
Wellness Movement and National Health Goals - answers 1: An increase in the
span of healthy live
2: Reduction of health disparities
3: Access to preventive health care services
Preventive Approach to Health - answers Identifying risk factors that increase a
person's chances of developing a particular health problem. By knowing these
factors people can choose behaviors that will prevent or minimize their risks for
disease.
Traditional Approach to Health - answers Only attempts change when symptoms of
illness of disease already exist, at which point those who are ill seek out a physician
to diagnose, treat, and "cure" the condition. Has little value for lifelong positive
health.
To sustain life, the nutrients in foods must perform the following three basic functions
within the body: - answers 1: Provide energy
2: Build Tissue
3: Regulate metabolic processes
Metabolism - answers Refers to the sum of all body processes that accomplish the
three basic life-sustaining tasks.
Nutrition Interaction - answers 1: Individual nutrients have many specific metabolic
functions, including primary and supporting roles
2: No nutrient ever works alone
Dietary Carbohydrates - answers Provide the body's primary source of fuel for heat
and energy. They also maintain the body's back up store of quick energy as
glycogen (animal starch).
Kilocalories - answers This is what human energy is measured in. Abbreviated
kcalories/kcal. Each gram of carbohydrate consumed yields 4 kcal of body energy.
"Fuel factor."
The amount of kcalories in a well balanced diet? - answers 45% to 65%
THERAPY 16TH EDITION BY NIX WILLIAMS
Nutrition - answers Concerns the food people eat and how their bodies use it.
Nutritional Science - answers Comprises the body of scientific knowledge governing
humans' food requirements for maintenance, growth, activity, reproduction, and
lactation.
Dietetics - answers The health profession responsible for applying nutrition science
to promote human health and treat disease.
Registered Dietitian - answers Also referred to as the clinical nutrition specialist or
public health nutritionist in the community, is the nutrition authority on the health care
team. Carry out the major responsibility of nutritional care in patients and clients.
Wellness Movement and National Health Goals - answers 1: An increase in the
span of healthy live
2: Reduction of health disparities
3: Access to preventive health care services
Preventive Approach to Health - answers Identifying risk factors that increase a
person's chances of developing a particular health problem. By knowing these
factors people can choose behaviors that will prevent or minimize their risks for
disease.
Traditional Approach to Health - answers Only attempts change when symptoms of
illness of disease already exist, at which point those who are ill seek out a physician
to diagnose, treat, and "cure" the condition. Has little value for lifelong positive
health.
To sustain life, the nutrients in foods must perform the following three basic functions
within the body: - answers 1: Provide energy
2: Build Tissue
3: Regulate metabolic processes
Metabolism - answers Refers to the sum of all body processes that accomplish the
three basic life-sustaining tasks.
Nutrition Interaction - answers 1: Individual nutrients have many specific metabolic
functions, including primary and supporting roles
2: No nutrient ever works alone
Dietary Carbohydrates - answers Provide the body's primary source of fuel for heat
and energy. They also maintain the body's back up store of quick energy as
glycogen (animal starch).
Kilocalories - answers This is what human energy is measured in. Abbreviated
kcalories/kcal. Each gram of carbohydrate consumed yields 4 kcal of body energy.
"Fuel factor."
The amount of kcalories in a well balanced diet? - answers 45% to 65%
