Straighterline Nutrition Midterm Questions And Verified Answers 2024.
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Straighterline Nutrition Midterm Questions And Verified Answers 2024.
Things that affect our food choices - ANSWERflavor, texture, appearance, routines and habits, early experiences and customs, advertising, nutrition and health concerns, social changes, economics, physiological processes
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Straighterline Nutrition Midterm Questions And Verified
Answers 2024.
Things that affect our food choices - ANSWERflavor, texture, appearance, routines
and habits, early experiences and customs, advertising, nutrition and health
concerns, social changes, economics, physiological processes
Diet and lifestyle factors contributing to leading causes of death - ANSWERpoor diet
and a sedentary lifestyle
Nutrition - ANSWERthe science that links foods to health and disease
Carbohydrate - ANSWERa compound containing carbon, hydrogen and oxygen
atoms, including sugars, starches and fibers
Protein - ANSWERfood and body compounds made of amino acids; proteins
contain carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen and sometimes other atoms, in a
specific configuration
Lipids - ANSWERcompounds containing much carbon and hydrogen, little
oxygen, and sometimes other atoms. Lipids do not dissolve in water and include
fats, oils and cholesterol
Alcohol - ANSWERnot a nutrient, but contains calories
Vitamins - ANSWERCompounds needed in very small amounts in the diet to help
regulate and support chemical reactions in the body.
Minerals - ANSWERElements used to promote chemical reactions and form body
structures
Water - ANSWERThe universal solvent. The body is composed of about 60%.
,Phytochemicals - ANSWERChemicals in plant-based foods that are not nutrients
but that have effects on the body.
kilocalorie (kcal) - ANSWERheat energy needed to raise the temperature of 1000
grams of water 1 degree Celsius
fiber - ANSWERSubstances in plant foods not digested by the processes that take
place in the human stomach or small intestine
Number of calories in one gram of fat - ANSWER9
Number of calories in one gram of protein - ANSWER4
, Number of calories in one gram of carbohydrate - ANSWER4
Number of calories in one gram of alcohol - ANSWER7
Steps of the Scientific Method - ANSWERObservation, hypothesis, experiment,
analyze, conclusion, publish/review
nutrients - ANSWERchemical substances in food that contribute to health, many of
which are essential parts of a diet
essential nutrient - ANSWERa substance that, when left out of a diet, leads to signs of
poor health
glucose - ANSWERa six-carbon sugar that exists in a ring form
Health professional recommendations - ANSWERControl how much you eat
Pay attention to what you eat: choose whole grains, fruits and vegetables
Stay physically active
Variety - ANSWERChoosing foods from all the food groups and subgroups
Proportionality - ANSWEReating more nutrient dense foods and less of foods high in
certain types of fat, sugars, cholesterol, salt and alcohol
Nutrient density - ANSWERthe ratio derived by dividing a food's nutrient content by its
calorie content
Moderation - ANSWERPaying attention to portion sizes and planning your day's diet so
that you do not overconsume any nutrients
Energy density - ANSWERA comparison of the calorie content of a food with the weight
of the food
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