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BIOD 121 Portage Learning Nutrition Final Exam With 100% Correct And Verified Answers 2024
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BIOD 121 Portage Learning Nutrition Final Exam With 100% Correct And Verified Answers 2024What is the difference between hunger and appetite?
Hunger is an internal drive to find food and is often experienced by a negative feeling. Appetite is an external drive to find food, often associated with pleasant feelings.
Name three of the four types of external forces that influence our eating habits and patterns.
Sensory, cognitive, environmental and health status
There are six classes of nutrients. Name the three that supply energy.
Proteins, Fats, Carbs
Vitamins are considered both
Micronutrients + Organic
Define micronutrients
Micronutrients are nutrients that are essential to our diets, but are only needed in small amounts. Vitamins and minerals are an example of micronutrients.
If a fudge brownie has 15 grams of carbohydrates, 2 grams of protein and 13 grams of fat. How many calories are in the brownie?
15 x 4 = 60
2 x 4 = 8
13 x 9 = 117
185 calories
The current recommendation to maintain your body weight is 2000 calories daily.
You should not consume any more than 55 % of your calories from carbohydrates.
How many grams of carbohydrates should you eat in a day?
2000 x .55 = 1, =
275g carbs/day
There are three states of nutritional health. Name the three states.
Desirable nutrition - when the body is getting the correct of amounts of the correct nutrients to maintain a healthy lifestyle
Undernutrition - when the body is not getting enough of the correct nutrients. This can lead to body processes not functioning properly Overnutirition - when the body is getting too many unhealthy nutrients. This can lead to chronic health conditions.
An individual's health can be assessed using the ABCDEs of nutritional assessment. Give a brief description of what A stands for.
A stands for anthropometric, which is a person's height, weight, age, etc.
The visual MyPlate illustrates that 2 food groups should take up ½ of your plate. What groups are they?
According to MyPlate, fruits and vegetables should take up half of your plate.
Specific parts of the GI tract include the mouth, esophagus, ______(A)________, small intestine, _______(B)_________ and ______(C)_________. Other organs such as the liver, gallbladder and pancreas aid in digestion but are not considered part of the GI tract.
A. Stomach
B. Large Intestine
C. Rectum
Briefly describe constipation and provide 2 reasons that it may occur.
Constipation is when a person's stool is hard to pass. Lack of fiber in one's diet, as well as a lack of water may cause this to occur.
Sphincters play an important role in the GI tract.
Name two sphincters discussed in the module and using your own words, briefly describe their functions.
The esophageal sphincter is at the end of the esophagus and the beginning of the stomach. Once food enters the stomach, this sphincter prevents it from backing up into the esophagus. The pyloric sphincter opens to let small amounts of chyme pass from the stomach into the small intestine.
Define the role of enzymes in digestion. Are enzymes an example of the chemical or mechanical process of digestion?
Enzymes role is to breakdown food particles into smaller parts and readies the nutrients for absorption. Enzymes are an example of chemical digestion.
Monosaccharides
An example is galactose
Disaccharides
Maltose and sucrose are examples
Insoluble Fiber
Not broken down by bacteria in the GI tract
Soluble Fiber
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