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What is nutrition? (CORRECT ANSWERS) Nutrition by definition is
the science that links foods to health and disease.
When is nutrition important? (CORRECT ANSWERS) from conception
to death
When considering one's health, five dimensions can be evaluated:
physical health, intellectual health, emotional health, social health, and
spiritual health. (CORRECT ANSWERS) physical health - body's ability
to perform daily functions for survival
intellectual health - the cognitive ability to learn and adapt
emotional health - the ability to express or suppress emotion
social health - ability to interact with others
spiritual health - purpose for human existence, cultural practices
, What is the difference between food and nutrients? (CORRECT
ANSWERS) Food provides energy in terms of calories, while nutrients
are substances found in food that provide the materials for building and
maintaining our bodies and regulating of key metabolic processes that
sustain life.
What two motives drive people to eat certain foods? (it isn't nutritional
value) (CORRECT ANSWERS) taste and texture
Nutrients (CORRECT ANSWERS) substances in food
Why do we get hungry? (CORRECT ANSWERS) 1) hunger 2) appetite
hunger (CORRECT ANSWERS) internal drive often experienced as a
negative sensation such as churning, growling, or a painful sensation in
the stomach
appetite (CORRECT ANSWERS) external drive often related to
pleasant sensations associated with food and can lead us to eat even if
we are not hungry
satiety (CORRECT ANSWERS) the feeling of being full
hypothalamus (CORRECT ANSWERS) a region of the brain that plays
a role in hunger as well the feeling of being full