NUSC 1165 Final Exam Study Guide Questions and Answers UPDATED
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NUSC 1165
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NUSC 1165
Leading causes of death due to nutrition -Answer- -heart disease
-cancer
-stroke
-diabetes
energy yielding nutrients -Answer- carbs, fats, proteins
Macronutrients -Answer- nutrients that are required in large amounts
-water
-carbohydrates
-lipids
-proteins
Micronutrients -Answer- nu...
NUSC 1165 Final Exam Study Guide Questions
and Answers UPDATED 2024-2025
Leading causes of death due to nutrition -Answer- ✔-heart disease
-cancer
-stroke
-diabetes
energy yielding nutrients -Answer- ✔carbs, fats, proteins
Macronutrients -Answer- ✔nutrients that are required in large amounts
-water
-carbohydrates
-lipids
-proteins
Micronutrients -Answer- ✔nutrients required in small amounts
-vitamins
-calcium
-iron
epidemiological study -Answer- ✔-an observation study
-observes relationship between diet, health, and disease patterns
depletion-repletion studies -Answer- ✔-a laboratory study
-nutrition is eliminated from diet until symptoms of depletion appear, then nutrient is
added back in
balance study -Answer- ✔-a laboratory study
-compares total amount of nutrient that enters the body with total amount that leaves
body
single blind study -Answer- ✔participants do not know whether they are in the
experimental group or the control group
double blind study -Answer- ✔neither the participant nor the one giving out the
medication knows which the participant will get
Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) -Answer- ✔the average daily intake level
estimated to meet the needs of nearly all people in a certain group
-aim for this amount
Estimated Average Requirement (EAR) -Answer- ✔the average daily nutrient intake
level estimated to meet the requirement of half the healthy individuals in a particular life
stage or gender group
Adequate Intake (AI) -Answer- ✔a recommended average daily nutrient intake level
based on observed or experimentally determined estimates of nutrient intake by a group
of healthy people
Upper Levels (UL) -Answer- ✔the highest average daily nutrient intake level likely to
pose no risk of adverse health effects to almost all individuals in a particular life stage
and gender group
AMDR -Answer- ✔recommended range of carbohydrate, fat, and protein intake
expressed as a percentage of total energy
EER -Answer- ✔the average dietary energy intake that is predicted to maintain energy
balance in a healthy adult
dietary guidelines -Answer- ✔Nutrition/Lifestyle recommendations published by the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services
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-Only recommendation with major emphasis on Food Safety
exchange lists -Answer- ✔a system of grouping foods based on their energy and
macronutrient content of carbohydrate, meats, and fats
Healthy People Initiative -Answer- ✔promote healthy behaviors
-access to quality health care increase quality and years of healthy life
-National health promotion and disease prevention objectives for the U.S
FDA -Answer- ✔regulates all foods except meat and poultry sold to the public
USDA -Answer- ✔inspects meats and poultry
Current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) Regulations -Answer- ✔standards require
package labels that declare quality and strength of contents and that product is without
contaminants and impurities
Dietary Supplement Verification Program (DVSP) -Answer- ✔evaluates and confirms
the contents of dietary supplements
nutrient content claims -Answer- ✔-low this
-high in this
-reduced
-lean
health claims -Answer- ✔significant scientific evidence
authoritative statements about qualified health
structure/function claims -Answer- ✔claims on the label that describe how a nutrient or
dietary compound affects the structure or function of the human body
-not FDA regulated
Nutritional assessment: 24 hour recall -Answer- ✔- a 24 hour recall of everything you
ate and keep track in a diary of foods and drinks consumed
anthropometric measurements -Answer- ✔Measurements or estimates of physical
aspects of the body such as height, weight, circumferences, and body composition.
-measuring protein in the blood/urine
organization of life -Answer- ✔cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism
what does the mouth do in the digestion system? -Answer- ✔chews food and mixes it
with saliva
NUSC 1165 Final Exam
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