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Nutrition 121- Exam 1 Questions And Answers Latest Update
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- NUTR 121
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- Nevada State College
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Nutrition 121- Exam 1 Questions And Answers
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Nutrition is the study of ANS✔✔ food
how food nourishes our bodies and how it influences our health is what
study? ANS✔✔ Nutrition
Critical components of wellness? ANS✔✔ nutrition and physical activity
Why is nutrition important? ANS✔✔ -spiritual health and occupational health
Nutrient-deficient disease? ANS✔✔ scurvy, rickets, goiter
Disease influenced by nutrition (with a strong nutritional component)
ANS✔✔ chronic disease such as heart disease, type 2 diabetes, high blood
pressure, obesity
Disease which nutrition plays some role ANS✔✔ osteoporosis, osteoarthritis,
some forms of cancer
what are the 6 essential nutrients? ANS✔✔ carbohydrates, proteins, fats and
oils, minerals, vitamins, water
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macronutrients ANS✔✔ nutrients required in relatively large amounts-carbs,
proteins, fats and oils
micronutrients ANS✔✔ nutrients required in smaller amounts-vitamins and
minerals
Measure energy in ANS✔✔ Kilocalories (kcal)
Calorie ANS✔✔ amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1kg
of water by 1' C
Carbohydrates yields ANS✔✔ 4kcal/gram
3 classes of lipids ANS✔✔ triglycerides, sterols, phospholipids
lipids yields ANS✔✔ 9kcal/gram
proteins yield ANS✔✔ 4kcal/gram
Fat-soluble vitamins ANS✔✔ A,D,E,K-they can be stored in body
Water soluble vitamins ANS✔✔ C,B
What vitamins are eliminated by the kidneys and cannot be stored in our
bodies ANS✔✔ water soluble vitamins
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