HNSC 1210 - CHAPTER 1 questions well answered
to pass graded A+
1. Define health The state of a human when it functions optimally without
evi- dence of disease or abnormality
2. Nutrition is the study of: - the nutrients in foods
-how nutrients are used in the body; and
-human behaviours related to food.
3. Define diet the foods and beverages a person usually eats and
drinks
4. Define food any substance that the body can take in and assimilate
that will enable it to stay alive and healthy
5. Define chronic disease a long duration degenerative disease characterized by
damage
of body organs
6. Many chronic diseases genomics (nutrigenomics)
(e.g., diabetes, heart
disease, some types of
cancer, dental disease,
adult bone loss,
etc.) have a connection to
POOR/GOOD diet. These
dis- eases cannot
necessarily be prevented
by a POOR/GOOD diet
alone, as other factors
like genetic and lifestyle
play a role as well.
7. Define nutritional
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,HNSC 1210 - CHAPTER 1 questions well answered
to pass graded A+
poor; good
The science of how nutrients attect the activities of genes
and how genes attect the activity of nutrients.
8. Define nutrients Components in food that are indispensable (or essential)
to the
functioning of the body.
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, HNSC 1210 - CHAPTER 1 questions well answered
to pass graded A+
9. There are 6 classes of carbohydrate
nutri- ents: fat
protei
n
water
vitamin
s
10. Which are the energy
mineral
provid- ing nutrients?
s
carbohydrate
11. Which are the non-
fat
energy providing
protein
nutrients?
water
vitamin
s
mineral
s
12. Define essential nutrient The nutrients that the body cannot make for itself from
other
raw materials.
13. Define conditionally essential amino acids?
essential nutrient
14. Define non-essential
nutri- ents
15. What are the 8
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17
to pass graded A+
1. Define health The state of a human when it functions optimally without
evi- dence of disease or abnormality
2. Nutrition is the study of: - the nutrients in foods
-how nutrients are used in the body; and
-human behaviours related to food.
3. Define diet the foods and beverages a person usually eats and
drinks
4. Define food any substance that the body can take in and assimilate
that will enable it to stay alive and healthy
5. Define chronic disease a long duration degenerative disease characterized by
damage
of body organs
6. Many chronic diseases genomics (nutrigenomics)
(e.g., diabetes, heart
disease, some types of
cancer, dental disease,
adult bone loss,
etc.) have a connection to
POOR/GOOD diet. These
dis- eases cannot
necessarily be prevented
by a POOR/GOOD diet
alone, as other factors
like genetic and lifestyle
play a role as well.
7. Define nutritional
1/
17
,HNSC 1210 - CHAPTER 1 questions well answered
to pass graded A+
poor; good
The science of how nutrients attect the activities of genes
and how genes attect the activity of nutrients.
8. Define nutrients Components in food that are indispensable (or essential)
to the
functioning of the body.
2/
17
, HNSC 1210 - CHAPTER 1 questions well answered
to pass graded A+
9. There are 6 classes of carbohydrate
nutri- ents: fat
protei
n
water
vitamin
s
10. Which are the energy
mineral
provid- ing nutrients?
s
carbohydrate
11. Which are the non-
fat
energy providing
protein
nutrients?
water
vitamin
s
mineral
s
12. Define essential nutrient The nutrients that the body cannot make for itself from
other
raw materials.
13. Define conditionally essential amino acids?
essential nutrient
14. Define non-essential
nutri- ents
15. What are the 8
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