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SCSU PCH200 Final ExamWhat are the classes of nutrients? - correct answer ✔✔1. Carbohydrates
2. Lipids (fats and oils)
3. Proteins
4. Vitamins
5. Minerals
6. Water
What are macronutrients? - correct answer ✔✔Nutrients that are needed in relatively large amounts in
the diet
What are the macronutrients? - correct answer ✔✔Carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins
What are micronutrients? - correct answer ✔✔Nutrients that are needed in relatively small amounts in
the diet
What are the micronutrients? - correct answer ✔✔Vitamins and minerals
What are organic nutrients? - correct answer ✔✔Any compound that contains carbon
What are the organic nutrients? - correct answer ✔✔Carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and vitamins
What are inorganic nutrients? - correct answer ✔✔Any substance that does not contain carbon
What are the inorganic nutrients? - correct answer ✔✔Minerals and water
What are essential nutrients? - correct answer ✔✔Substances that must be obtained in the diet because
the body either cannot make them or cannot make adequate amounts of them
,What are Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs)? - correct answer ✔✔Recommendations for nutrient intake to
tell us how much of each nutrient we should have in our diets. This includes Estimated Average
Requirement (EAR), Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA), Adequate Intake (AI), and Tolerable Upper
Intake Level (UL)
What is Estimated Average Requirement (EAR)? - correct answer ✔✔Intake value that meets the
estimated nutrient needs of 50 percent of individuals in specific life-stage and gender groups
What is Estimated Energy Requirement (EER)? - correct answer ✔✔Intake predicted to maintain energy
balance in a healthy adult of a defined age, gender, weight, height, and level of physical activity
consistent with good health
What is Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA)? - correct answer ✔✔Amount that meets the needs of
most people (97-98%) in a life-stage and gender group
What is Adequate Intake (AI)? - correct answer ✔✔Nutrient intake that appears to sustain a defined
nutritional state or some other indicator of health in a specific population or subgroup
What is Tolerable Upper Intake Level (UL)? - correct answer ✔✔Maximum levels of daily nutrient intakes
that are unlikely to pose health risks to almost all of the individuals in the group for whom they are
designed
True or False:
The most appropriate use of DRIs is for planning and evaluating diets for large groups of people? -
correct answer ✔✔True
True or False:
Estimated Energy Requirement (EER) is defined as the energy intake that is estimated to allow a person
to lose 2 - 3 pounds of weight per week? - correct answer ✔✔False
True or False:
A nutrient level that exceeds the Tolerable Upper Intake Level (UL) is harmful? - correct answer ✔✔True
,True or False:
Recommended Dietary Allowances are the suggested amount of a nutrient that meets the needs if most
people (97-98%) in a particular age group? - correct answer ✔✔True
What is MyPlate - correct answer ✔✔The USDA's icon and the primary food group symbol, to
accompany the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2010, that conveys 7 messages from the Dietary
Guidelines for Americans, 2010
What are the 7 message that MyPlate conveys? - correct answer ✔✔1. Enjoy food but eat less
2. Avoid oversized portions
3. Make half your plate fruits and vegetables
4. Drink water instead of sugary drinks
5. Switch to fat-free or low-fat milk
6. Compare sodium in foods
7. Make at least half your grains whole grains
What are the 5 food groups? - correct answer ✔✔1. Grains
2. Vegetables
3. Fruit
4. Protein
5. Dairy
True or False:
MyPlate is designed to convey the key messages from the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2010, which
include enjoying food but eating less; avoiding oversized portions; making half your plate fruits and
vegetables; drinking water instead of sugary drinks; switching to fat-free or low-fat (1%) milk; comparing
sodium in foods; and making at least half your grains whole grains? - correct answer ✔✔True
Included in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2010, intakes of which of the following foods are
generally consumed among the U.S. population lower than recommended and should be increased?
, A. Sodium, whole grains, and complex carbohydrates
B. Vegetables, fruits, whole grains, milk and milk products, and oils
C. Complex carbohydrates, fiber, potassium, and unsaturated fat
D. Vegetables, potassium, simple carbohydrates, and trans fat - correct answer ✔✔B. Vegetables, fruits,
whole grains, milk and milk products, and oils
The extra calories in foods, such as fat and sugar, that are not accounted for in the MyPlate
recommendations are considered:
A. Nutrient density calories
B. Empty calories
C. Free calories
D. Poor energy calories - correct answer ✔✔B. Empty calories
What is a food label? - correct answer ✔✔Labels required by law on virtually all packaged foods to show
ingredients and other basic information; they have 5 requirements
What are the 5 requirements of food labels? - correct answer ✔✔1. Statement of identify/name of the
food
2. Net weight of the food contained inside of the package
3. Name and address of the manufacturer, packer, or distributor
4. List of ingredients in descending order by weight
5. Nutrition information
What are daily values? - correct answer ✔✔Set of dietary standards used to compare the amount of a
nutrient in a serving of food to the amount recommended for daily consumption
Percent Daily Values (%DV), as listed on food labels, represent the nutrition need for a ________
calories/day diet.
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