HNSC 1210 - Unit 1 questions with
verified answers graded A+
define health - correct answer ✔✔the state of a human that functions optimally without
evidence of disease of abnormality
what are the 3 things that nutrition is a study of? - correct answer ✔✔1. nutrients in food
2. how nutrients are used in the body
3. human behaviors related to food
the foods and beverages a person eats and drinks is? - correct answer ✔✔diet
what influences long term health and genetics? - correct answer ✔✔diet
define food - correct answer ✔✔any substance that the body can take in and assimilate that will
enable it to stay alive and healthy
long duration, ______ disease characterized by damage of body organs. what does this define? -
correct answer ✔✔degenerative; chronic disease
what are 5 examples of chronic diseases? - correct answer ✔✔diabetes, heart disease, some
cancers, dental disease, adult bone loss
what do chronic disease have a connection to, but are not dependent on? what else could it be
dependent on? - correct answer ✔✔poor diet, genetics & lifestyle
, the science of how nutrients affect the activities of genes and how genes affect the activity of
nutrients is? - correct answer ✔✔nutritional genomics
nutrients are components in food that are ______ (essential) to the functioning of the body -
correct answer ✔✔indispensable
what do nutrients provide? - correct answer ✔✔provide energy and building material used to
maintain or repair the body and support growth
what are the 3 energy providing classes of nutrients? - correct answer ✔✔1. carbohydrates
2. fats
3. proteins
what are the 3 non-energy providing classes of nutrients? - correct answer ✔✔1. water
2. vitamins
3. minerals
what are the 3 categories of nutrients? - correct answer ✔✔1. essential
2. conditionally essential
3. non-essential
nutrients that the body cannot make for itself are _____ nutrients - correct answer ✔✔essential
nutrients
there are __ essential amino acids, what are they? - correct answer ✔✔TV - threonine, valine
TILL - tryptophan, isoleucine, leucine, lysine
PM - phenylalanine, methionine
verified answers graded A+
define health - correct answer ✔✔the state of a human that functions optimally without
evidence of disease of abnormality
what are the 3 things that nutrition is a study of? - correct answer ✔✔1. nutrients in food
2. how nutrients are used in the body
3. human behaviors related to food
the foods and beverages a person eats and drinks is? - correct answer ✔✔diet
what influences long term health and genetics? - correct answer ✔✔diet
define food - correct answer ✔✔any substance that the body can take in and assimilate that will
enable it to stay alive and healthy
long duration, ______ disease characterized by damage of body organs. what does this define? -
correct answer ✔✔degenerative; chronic disease
what are 5 examples of chronic diseases? - correct answer ✔✔diabetes, heart disease, some
cancers, dental disease, adult bone loss
what do chronic disease have a connection to, but are not dependent on? what else could it be
dependent on? - correct answer ✔✔poor diet, genetics & lifestyle
, the science of how nutrients affect the activities of genes and how genes affect the activity of
nutrients is? - correct answer ✔✔nutritional genomics
nutrients are components in food that are ______ (essential) to the functioning of the body -
correct answer ✔✔indispensable
what do nutrients provide? - correct answer ✔✔provide energy and building material used to
maintain or repair the body and support growth
what are the 3 energy providing classes of nutrients? - correct answer ✔✔1. carbohydrates
2. fats
3. proteins
what are the 3 non-energy providing classes of nutrients? - correct answer ✔✔1. water
2. vitamins
3. minerals
what are the 3 categories of nutrients? - correct answer ✔✔1. essential
2. conditionally essential
3. non-essential
nutrients that the body cannot make for itself are _____ nutrients - correct answer ✔✔essential
nutrients
there are __ essential amino acids, what are they? - correct answer ✔✔TV - threonine, valine
TILL - tryptophan, isoleucine, leucine, lysine
PM - phenylalanine, methionine
