LVN Nutrition Exam 2025\2026 Questions
and Answers
Amino Acids - Answer- Building blocks for proteins
Anabolism - Answer- When body builds more tissue
Anorexia Nervosa - Answer- Self imposed starvation
Basal Metabolic Rate - Answer- Energy required to maintain necessary body functions
Body Mass Index - Answer- Number calculated based on height and weight
Bulimia Nervosa - Answer- Binge eating followed by purging or other inappropriate
compensatory behavior to prevent weight gain
Catabolism - Answer- Body breaking down more tissue
Cholesterol - Answer- Lipid belonging to a class of chemical substances called sterols.
Building blocks for cell membranes
Dietary Fiber - Answer- Food that humans cannot digest, mostly plants and
polysaccharides
Dumping Sydrome - Answer- Can occur when stomach contents empty too quickly into
the small intestine. Nausea, cramping, diarrhea, sweating, lightheadedness, and
palpitations
Enteral Nutrion - Answer- Nutrients administered through GI tract
Essential Nutrients - Answer- Nutrients the body cannot make in amounts necessary for
good health
Glycogen - Answer- Also called animal starch, stored form of carbohydrates made from
simple sugars, stored in liver
Hydrogentation - Answer- Adding hydrogen to vegetable oil to make it more solid and
stable to rancidity
Kilocalorie(kcal) - Answer- Measurements of energy
Lipids - Answer- Organic substances of a fatty nature that are insoluble in water
, Lipoproteins - Answer- Molecule made of lipids surrounded by proteins
Medical Nutrition Therapy - Answer- Use of specific nutritional variations to build good
health
Nitrogen Balance - Answer- Amount of nitrogen taken in is equal to nitrogen being
released in the urine
Nutrient - Answer- Chemical compound found in food that is necessary for good health
Nutrient-Dense Foods - Answer- Foods with high amounts of nutrients in relation to kcal
Obesity - Answer- Excess adipose tissue or above what is considered healthy
Parenteral Nutrition - Answer- Intravenous feedings
Pernicious Anemia - Answer- Progressive macrocytic megaloblastic anemia
Residue - Answer- Waste
Satiety - Answer- Feeling fullness
Therapeutic Diet - Answer- Diet used as a medical treatment
Total Parenteral Nutrition - Answer- Administration of a hypertonic solution into the
superior vena cave by way of a catheter threaded through either subclavian or internal
jugular
Tube Feeding - Answer- Administration of nutrition through liquefied foods or formula
Vegan - Answer- Excludes all animal products
What is nutrition? - Answer- The sum of all processes in taking in nutrients and using
them to maintain body tissues and energy
When was myplate developed? - Answer- In 2011 by the USDA
What is myplate? - Answer- Round plate divided into 4 different colored sections to
show what should be eaten
What is a nutrient? - Answer- Chemical compound or element found in food that's
necessary for good health
Six Kinds of Essential Nutrients - Answer- Carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins,
minerals, and water
and Answers
Amino Acids - Answer- Building blocks for proteins
Anabolism - Answer- When body builds more tissue
Anorexia Nervosa - Answer- Self imposed starvation
Basal Metabolic Rate - Answer- Energy required to maintain necessary body functions
Body Mass Index - Answer- Number calculated based on height and weight
Bulimia Nervosa - Answer- Binge eating followed by purging or other inappropriate
compensatory behavior to prevent weight gain
Catabolism - Answer- Body breaking down more tissue
Cholesterol - Answer- Lipid belonging to a class of chemical substances called sterols.
Building blocks for cell membranes
Dietary Fiber - Answer- Food that humans cannot digest, mostly plants and
polysaccharides
Dumping Sydrome - Answer- Can occur when stomach contents empty too quickly into
the small intestine. Nausea, cramping, diarrhea, sweating, lightheadedness, and
palpitations
Enteral Nutrion - Answer- Nutrients administered through GI tract
Essential Nutrients - Answer- Nutrients the body cannot make in amounts necessary for
good health
Glycogen - Answer- Also called animal starch, stored form of carbohydrates made from
simple sugars, stored in liver
Hydrogentation - Answer- Adding hydrogen to vegetable oil to make it more solid and
stable to rancidity
Kilocalorie(kcal) - Answer- Measurements of energy
Lipids - Answer- Organic substances of a fatty nature that are insoluble in water
, Lipoproteins - Answer- Molecule made of lipids surrounded by proteins
Medical Nutrition Therapy - Answer- Use of specific nutritional variations to build good
health
Nitrogen Balance - Answer- Amount of nitrogen taken in is equal to nitrogen being
released in the urine
Nutrient - Answer- Chemical compound found in food that is necessary for good health
Nutrient-Dense Foods - Answer- Foods with high amounts of nutrients in relation to kcal
Obesity - Answer- Excess adipose tissue or above what is considered healthy
Parenteral Nutrition - Answer- Intravenous feedings
Pernicious Anemia - Answer- Progressive macrocytic megaloblastic anemia
Residue - Answer- Waste
Satiety - Answer- Feeling fullness
Therapeutic Diet - Answer- Diet used as a medical treatment
Total Parenteral Nutrition - Answer- Administration of a hypertonic solution into the
superior vena cave by way of a catheter threaded through either subclavian or internal
jugular
Tube Feeding - Answer- Administration of nutrition through liquefied foods or formula
Vegan - Answer- Excludes all animal products
What is nutrition? - Answer- The sum of all processes in taking in nutrients and using
them to maintain body tissues and energy
When was myplate developed? - Answer- In 2011 by the USDA
What is myplate? - Answer- Round plate divided into 4 different colored sections to
show what should be eaten
What is a nutrient? - Answer- Chemical compound or element found in food that's
necessary for good health
Six Kinds of Essential Nutrients - Answer- Carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins,
minerals, and water
