CONCEPTS AND CONTROVERSIES,
5TH EDITION, FRANCES SIZER, ELLIE
WHITNEY, LEONARD PICHÉ, ISBN-10:
ISBN- 13: 9780176892869
,Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Food Choices and Human Health
Chapter 2: Nutrition Tools – Standards and Guidelines
Chapter 3: The Remarkable Body
Chapter 4: The Carbohydrates: Sugar, Starch, Glycogen and Fibre
Chapter 5: The Lipids: Fats, Oil, Phospholipids, and Sterols
Chapter 6: The Proteins and Amino Acids
Chapter 7: The Vitamins
Chapter 8: Water and Minerals
Chapter 9: Energy Balance and Healthy Body Weight
Chapter 10: Nutrients, Recreationa Physica Activity, and the Body’s
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Responses
Chapter 11: Role of Diet in the Primary and Secondary Prevention of
Chronic Disease
Chapter 12: Food Safety and Food Bio-Technology
Chapter 13: Life Cycle Nutrition: Mother and Infant
Chapter 14: Child, Teen, and Older Adult
Chapter 15: Hunger and the Globa Environment
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,Chapter 1 Food Choices and Human Health
1. Which of the following conditions is the most responsive to nutrition?
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(A) diabetes
(B) iron deficiency anemia
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(C) sickle cell disease F F
(D) heart disease F
Answer : (B) F F
2. What is the name for the study of environmental influences on genetic expression?
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(A) epigenetics
(B) genetic counselling F
(C) nutritional nucleic acid pool F F F
(D) genetic metabolics F
Answer : (A) F F
3. The integration of nutrition, genomic science, and molecular biology has launched a new
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area of study. What is this area of study called?
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(A) nutrition genetics F
(B) nutritional genomics F
(C) nutritional molecular science F F
(D) nutritional science F
Answer : (B) F F
4. How many classes of nutrients are there?
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(A) 2
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(B) 4
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(C) 6
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Answer : (C) F F
5. Which of the following nutrients is considered organic?
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(A) minerals
(B) carbohydrate
(C) water
(D) alcohol
Answer : (B) F F
6. Which of the following nutrients yields energy and also provides materials that form
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structures and working parts of body tissues?
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(A) proteins
(B) vitamins
(C) fats
(D) proteins
Answer : (D) F F
7. Which of the following nutrients is energy-yielding?
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(A) carbohydrates
(B) vitamins
(C) water
(D) minerals
Answer : (A) F F
8. Which of the following statements best defines an "essential" nutrient?
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(A) It is necessary for good health and proper functioning of the body.
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(B) It can be obtained only from the diet.
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(C) It can be manufactured by the body from raw materials.
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