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Test Bank for Nutrition Concepts and Controversies, Fifth Edition by Frances Sizer, Ellie Whitney, and Leonard Piché Study Guide and Practice Question Resource

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This study resource is designed to support learning in nutrition science by helping students strengthen understanding of dietary principles, human nutrition, and evidence-based nutrition controversies. It emphasizes critical thinking, evaluation of nutrition claims, and application of nutritional knowledge to health promotion and disease prevention. The material covers key topics such as macronutrients and micronutrients, digestion and metabolism, energy balance and weight control, nutrition across the lifespan, food safety, dietary guidelines, vegetarian and special diets, nutritional labeling, chronic disease prevention, cardiovascular health, diabetes and obesity, eating behaviors, and evaluating nutrition misinformation. It also focuses on applying nutrition concepts to real-world dietary decisions and healthcare contexts. This resource is suitable for students preparing for nutrition coursework, health sciences studies, clinical nutrition assessment, and examination review in dietetics and healthcare education programs.

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TEST BANK FOR NUTRITION
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, Recreational Physical Activity, and the Body’s
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 Global Environment

,Chapter 1 Food Choices and Human Health


1.Which of the following conditions is the most responsive to nutrition?

(A)diabetes

(B)iron deficiency anemia

(C)sickle cell disease

(D)heart disease

Answer : (B)


2.What is the name for the study of environmental influences on genetic expression?

(A)epigenetics

(B)genetic counselling

(C)nutritional nucleic acid pool

(D)genetic metabolics

Answer : (A)


3.The integration of nutrition, genomic science, and molecular biology has launched a new
area of study. What is this area of study called?

(A)nutrition genetics

(B)nutritional genomics

(C)nutritional molecular science

(D)nutritional science

Answer : (B)


4.How many classes of nutrients are there?

(A)2

(B)4

(C)6

, (D)8

Answer : (C)


5.Which of the following nutrients is considered organic?

(A)minerals

(B)carbohydrate

(C)water

(D)alcohol

Answer : (B)


6.Which of the following nutrients yields energy and also provides materials that form
structures and working parts of body tissues?

(A)proteins

(B)vitamins

(C)fats

(D)proteins

Answer : (D)


7.Which of the following nutrients is energy-yielding?

(A)carbohydrates

(B)vitamins

(C)water

(D)minerals

Answer : (A)


8.Which of the following statements best defines an "essential" nutrient?

(A)It is necessary for good health and proper functioning of the body. (B)It

can be obtained only from the diet.

(C)It can be manufactured by the body from raw materials.

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