Jersey College Nutrition -
Chapter 1|COMPLETE STUDY
GUIDE WITH DETAILED
QUESTIONS AND 100%
UPDATED ANSWERS
Nutrition - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️the science of food and how food nourishes
our body & influences our health
Wellness - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️multidimensional, active process by which
people make choices to enhance their lives
heart disease, stroke, and diabetes - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️Three chronic
diseases strongly associated with poor nutrition
obesity - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔p
️ rimary link between poor nutrition and
mortality
nutrients - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️chemicals in foods that are critical to human
growth and function
food - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️the plants and animals we consume
chronic diseases - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️diseases that come on slowly and can
persist for years, often despite treatment
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Wellness - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️absence of disease
True - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️TRUE or FALSE: Poor nutrition is associated with
chronic diseases: heart disease, stroke, and diabetes.
Nutrients - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️chemicals found in foods that are critical to
human growth and function
Macronutrients - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️nutrients that are body need in large
amounts to support normal function and health
Micronutrients - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️Nutrients needed in relatively small
amounts to support normal health and body functions.
True - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️TRUE or FALSE: Vitamins and minerals are
micronutrients.
kilocalorie (kcal) - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️A thousand calories; the amount of
heat energy required to raise the temperature of 1 kg of water by 1°C.
organic - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️a substance or nutrient that contains the
elements C and H
Inorganic - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️a substance or nutrient that does not
contain carbon and hydrogen
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