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NTR 306 MIDTERM REVIEW EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
VERIFIED GRADED A++ 2025/2026
Terms in this set (110)
Daily food choices affect health-
1. Personal preference (Taste: sweet and salty,
genetics)
2. Habit
3. Ethnic heritage/ Tradition
4. Social interactions
Describe how various
5. Availability/ Convenience
factors influence
6. Economy: Benefits of home-cooked meals
personal food
7. Positive and negative associations
choices
Emotions: Boredom, depression, anxiety, Stress
8. Values: Religious beliefs, political views,
environmental concerns
9. Body weight and image
10. Nutrition and health benefits: Functional and
fortified foods
organic compounds contain carbon-
carbon and/or carbon-hydrogen bonds,
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whereas inorganic compounds do not.
The minerals and water are inorganic
nutrients, whereas carbohydrates, lipids, proteins,
Name the six major and vitamins are organic nutrients.
classes of nutrients
and identify which CLPVMW
are organic and 1. Carbohydrates - provide energy
which yield energy.
2. Lipids(fats) - provides energy
3. Proteins - provides energy
4. Vitamins - organic, don't provide energy,
5. Minerals - inorganic, doesn't yield energy,
indestructible,
6. Water - organic
1. Carbohydrates (40-65%) - body's main source
of energy
2. Protein (10-35%) -
3. Lipids (Fats) (20-30%) - Protection, energy
List the six nutrients storage
contained in food 4. Vitamins - facilitate the release of energy
and a major use of from carbs fat and protein, 13 vitamins all
each nutrient have their own roles to play,
vulnerable to heat - light - and
chemical agents
5. Minerals - found in bones and teeth -
fluids of the body, 16 minerals know to to
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be essential in human nutrition
6. Water - Provides the environment for all
body's activities; supplies the medium for
transporting vital materials to the cells
and carrying waste products away from
them.
1. Carbohydrates = 4 kcal/g
2. proteins = 4 kcal/g
Identify the energy- 3. lipids = 9 kcal/g
providing nutrients Energy is measured in units called calories, and
and calculate the the energy provided by food is
energy available typically expressed in kilocalories (kcal); 1
from foods. kcal = 1,000 cal. One kcalorie is the amount
of heat necessary to raise the
temperature of 1 kilogram (kg) of water
1°C.
Explain the
scientific method
and how scientists
use various types of
research studies and
methods to acquire
nutrition
information.
Explain nutritional genomics and its role in
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AM
NTR 306 MIDTERM REVIEW EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
VERIFIED GRADED A++ 2025/2026
Terms in this set (110)
Daily food choices affect health-
1. Personal preference (Taste: sweet and salty,
genetics)
2. Habit
3. Ethnic heritage/ Tradition
4. Social interactions
Describe how various
5. Availability/ Convenience
factors influence
6. Economy: Benefits of home-cooked meals
personal food
7. Positive and negative associations
choices
Emotions: Boredom, depression, anxiety, Stress
8. Values: Religious beliefs, political views,
environmental concerns
9. Body weight and image
10. Nutrition and health benefits: Functional and
fortified foods
organic compounds contain carbon-
carbon and/or carbon-hydrogen bonds,
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AM
whereas inorganic compounds do not.
The minerals and water are inorganic
nutrients, whereas carbohydrates, lipids, proteins,
Name the six major and vitamins are organic nutrients.
classes of nutrients
and identify which CLPVMW
are organic and 1. Carbohydrates - provide energy
which yield energy.
2. Lipids(fats) - provides energy
3. Proteins - provides energy
4. Vitamins - organic, don't provide energy,
5. Minerals - inorganic, doesn't yield energy,
indestructible,
6. Water - organic
1. Carbohydrates (40-65%) - body's main source
of energy
2. Protein (10-35%) -
3. Lipids (Fats) (20-30%) - Protection, energy
List the six nutrients storage
contained in food 4. Vitamins - facilitate the release of energy
and a major use of from carbs fat and protein, 13 vitamins all
each nutrient have their own roles to play,
vulnerable to heat - light - and
chemical agents
5. Minerals - found in bones and teeth -
fluids of the body, 16 minerals know to to
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be essential in human nutrition
6. Water - Provides the environment for all
body's activities; supplies the medium for
transporting vital materials to the cells
and carrying waste products away from
them.
1. Carbohydrates = 4 kcal/g
2. proteins = 4 kcal/g
Identify the energy- 3. lipids = 9 kcal/g
providing nutrients Energy is measured in units called calories, and
and calculate the the energy provided by food is
energy available typically expressed in kilocalories (kcal); 1
from foods. kcal = 1,000 cal. One kcalorie is the amount
of heat necessary to raise the
temperature of 1 kilogram (kg) of water
1°C.
Explain the
scientific method
and how scientists
use various types of
research studies and
methods to acquire
nutrition
information.
Explain nutritional genomics and its role in
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