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HNF 150 Exam 1 Questions With Complete
Solutions 2025
Identify the six classes of nutrients. Recall the energy
yield (kcal/gram) for carbohydrate, protein, fat, and
alcohol. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ vitamins
minerals
water
carbs 4
protein 4
fat 9
alcohol 7 ( not 6 nutrients)
Understand concept of nutrient density and state how it
can be used to determine healthiness of foods -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ lower in cals, higher in nutrients=
nutrient dense. If a food doesn't have very many
calories, but lots of nutrients, then it is nutrient dense.
state the 5 characteristics of a nutritious diet and
recognize an example of each characteristic -
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..ANSWER ...✔✔ Adequacy-Providing enough of
each essential nutrient, fiber, and energy.
balance-Choices do not overemphasize one nutrient of
food type at the expense of another.
calorie control-foods provide the amount of energy you
need to maintain a certain weight (no more, no less)
moderation-Foods don't provide excess fat, salt, sugar,
or other unwanted constituents.
variety-foods chosen differ from one day to the next.
identify the steps of the scientific method - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ Observation
Hypothesis
Results
Replication
list the 5 characteristics scientists evaluate when
weighing the totality of evidence about a specific
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nutrition question - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
ConsistentStrong Correlation
Specific
Dose-Dependent
Biologically Plausible
describe and recognize an example of the major types
of research studies - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ 24 Hour
recall: Record all intake of the day
Food Frequency Questionnaire: Measure usual amounts
of food eaten
Biomarkers: Measure nutrients in biofluids
Epidemiological Study: Studies of population (follow
populations who move from one food environment to
another)
List the health properties of garlic, and which compounds
are responsible for the health benefits and odor. -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ Garlic is antimicrobial, antifungal,
and anti thrombotic
Rich in Calcium, Phosphorus, Iron, Thiamin and Vitamin C
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enhance absorbent of iron and zinc bound up by
phnytate in whole grains
Identify credible sources and credentials of experts in
the field of nutrition who provide reliable nutrition
information. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Food and Nutrition
Board Institute of Medicine National Academy of
Sciences
Recognize cues within nutrition information that could be
misleading in advertising and media. - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ Fat free, more sugar is added
whole foods - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ foods that have not
been stripped of their nutrition by processing
processed foods/ultra-processed foods - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ foods that have been treated to change their
physical, chemical, microbiological, or sensory properties
the 6 classes of nutrients - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, minerals, water
HNF 150 Exam 1 Questions With Complete
Solutions 2025
Identify the six classes of nutrients. Recall the energy
yield (kcal/gram) for carbohydrate, protein, fat, and
alcohol. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ vitamins
minerals
water
carbs 4
protein 4
fat 9
alcohol 7 ( not 6 nutrients)
Understand concept of nutrient density and state how it
can be used to determine healthiness of foods -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ lower in cals, higher in nutrients=
nutrient dense. If a food doesn't have very many
calories, but lots of nutrients, then it is nutrient dense.
state the 5 characteristics of a nutritious diet and
recognize an example of each characteristic -
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..ANSWER ...✔✔ Adequacy-Providing enough of
each essential nutrient, fiber, and energy.
balance-Choices do not overemphasize one nutrient of
food type at the expense of another.
calorie control-foods provide the amount of energy you
need to maintain a certain weight (no more, no less)
moderation-Foods don't provide excess fat, salt, sugar,
or other unwanted constituents.
variety-foods chosen differ from one day to the next.
identify the steps of the scientific method - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ Observation
Hypothesis
Results
Replication
list the 5 characteristics scientists evaluate when
weighing the totality of evidence about a specific
,3|Page
nutrition question - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
ConsistentStrong Correlation
Specific
Dose-Dependent
Biologically Plausible
describe and recognize an example of the major types
of research studies - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ 24 Hour
recall: Record all intake of the day
Food Frequency Questionnaire: Measure usual amounts
of food eaten
Biomarkers: Measure nutrients in biofluids
Epidemiological Study: Studies of population (follow
populations who move from one food environment to
another)
List the health properties of garlic, and which compounds
are responsible for the health benefits and odor. -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ Garlic is antimicrobial, antifungal,
and anti thrombotic
Rich in Calcium, Phosphorus, Iron, Thiamin and Vitamin C
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enhance absorbent of iron and zinc bound up by
phnytate in whole grains
Identify credible sources and credentials of experts in
the field of nutrition who provide reliable nutrition
information. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Food and Nutrition
Board Institute of Medicine National Academy of
Sciences
Recognize cues within nutrition information that could be
misleading in advertising and media. - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ Fat free, more sugar is added
whole foods - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ foods that have not
been stripped of their nutrition by processing
processed foods/ultra-processed foods - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ foods that have been treated to change their
physical, chemical, microbiological, or sensory properties
the 6 classes of nutrients - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, minerals, water
