BIOD 121 - Essentials in Nutrition Module 1 Exam Questions With Correct Answers.
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BIOD 121 - Essentials in Nutrition Module 1
Exam Questions With Correct Answers.
What is nutrition: - answernutrition by definition is a science that links food to health and
disease. It includes the processes that humans ingest, digest, absorb, transport, and excrete
substances
Nutrition span...
BIOD 121 - Essentials in Nutrition Module 1
Exam Questions With Correct Answers.
What is nutrition: - answer✔nutrition by definition is a science that links food to health and
disease. It includes the processes that humans ingest, digest, absorb, transport, and excrete
substances
Nutrition spands all ages in which: - answer✔it impacts the time of birth to the time of death
How do pharmaceuticals and the food industry play into nutrition: - answer✔through the
different supplements we take, what we eat and why we eat as far as food safety, mass
production, restaurants, manufacturers, media, and food labels
Nutrition by definition is the science that links food to: - answer✔health and disease
Good nutrition as well as exercise leads to: - answer✔good health
Media plays a huge role into nutrition as far as: - answer✔marketing, fad diets, celebrities, etc.
Nutrients can be classified as: - answer✔macro-nutrient, micro-nutrient, organic, and inorganic
Macro-nutrient: - answer✔needed in large amounts in the body
Micro-nutrients: - answer✔needed in small amounts in the body
Organic: - answer✔a compound that contains carbon and hydrogen
Inorganic: - answer✔any substance that doesn't contain carbon
What are hormones: - answer✔they are compounds that are secreted into the bloodstream by
different cells, and their goal is to act to control the function of another type of cell
Ghrelin: - answer✔is produced by the stomach; its job is to travel to the brain,stimulate the
hunger center, and deactivate the satiety center
Leptin: - answer✔is produced by fat cells called adipose tissue; its job is to alert the brain, turn
off the hunger center, and activate the satiety center' any time your eating your leptin levels
should increase to tell you that your full
Two key hormones in the process of hunger and satiety are: - answer✔ghrelin and leptin
Name the key hormone that causes satiety. Indicate where in the body its produced and the
process by which it operates: - answer✔leptin; its produced by fat cells; its job is to alert the
brain, turn off the hunger center, and activate satiety center
There are different types of hormones related to hunger and satiety. Three major hormones for
increasing hunger are: - answer✔ghrelin, endorphines, and neuropeptide Y
Anytime your eating, your leptin levels should: - answer✔increase to tell you that your full
What are the five dimensions to evaluate health: - answer✔physical health, intellectual health,
emotional health, social health. and spiritual health
What is physical health: - answer✔the ability for the body to perform daily functions for
survival and its dependents on the nutrients that are available for the formation of bones,
vitamins, minerals, and to make hormones
What is intellectual health: - answer✔the cognitive ability to lean and adapt; the lack of certain
nutrients can impair our intellectual health
What is emotional health: - answer✔the ability to express or suppress emotions
What is social health: - answer✔the ability to interact with others
What is spiritual health: - answer✔the purpose for human existence and cultural practices
The ability for the body to perform daily function for survival is what kind of health: -
answer✔physical health
The cognitive ability to learn and adapt is called what kind of health: - answer✔intellectual
health
The ability to suppress and express emotion is called what kind of health: - answer✔emotional
health
The ability to interact with others is called what kind of health: - answer✔social health
The purpose of human existence and cultural practices is defined what kind of health -
answer✔spiritual health
What is the difference between food and nutrients: - answer✔food provides energy in the form
of calories, a mixture of nutrients whereas nutrients are substances found in the foods that
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