Chapter 1 Quiz

________ comprise the major structural materials of the body, including muscle, bone, and skin.

Proteins

Which of the following minerals helps regulate the water balance in our body?

Sodium

If a slice of bread contains 15 grams of carbohydrates, grams of protein, and 3 gram of lipids, how many kilo-calories (kcal) foes it provide?

Approximately 99 kcal.

Which of the following minerals provides the matrix for the bones in your body?

Calcium

Which of the following foods can be recommended for a person who needs to strengthen his bone structure and wants to supplement his diet with calcium?

Dairy products.

The body can use vitamins directly as a source of energy? (T/F)

False

Which of the following is true of functional foods?

They contain either a high concentration of nutrients, phytochemical, or zoochemical.

An essential nutrient is a substance that your body cannot produce by itself in adequate quantities to sustain life. (T/F)

True

The Types of lipids found in plant-based foods are quite different from those found in animal-based foods. (T/F)

True

Which of the following vitamins is a water-soluble vitamins?

Vitamin B

Which of the following are micronutrients?

Vitamins

Which of the following is true of the trends in infant mortality rate and life expectancy in the U.S. over the past century?

Infant mortality rates have decreased and average life expectancy has increased.

Which of the following functions is a primary function of water in our body?

It helps regulate our body temp and functions as a transport medium.

Which of the following is true of conditionally essential nutrient?

It is a nonessential nutrient that becomes essential under certain circumstances.

Which of the following nutrients are important to the structure if cell membranes and are necessary to the development and maintenance of your nervous and reproductive systems?

Lipids

Which of the following foods is rich in proteins?

Meat

_____________ refers to the number of illnesses or diseases in a given period of time.

Morbidity rate

Carbohydrates provide ______ kilo-calories of energy per gram of substance consumed.

4

Foods that carry the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture organic seal and are labeled 100% organic must have at least _______ % organically produced ingredients.

95

________________ is a substance found in food that is required by the body and used for energy, maintenance of body structure, and/or regulation if chemical processes.

A nutrient

Dietary fiber is important _______ which plays a role in maintaining the health of your digestive tract.

carbohydrate

Unlike noninfectious diseases, infectious diseases are:

caused by pathogens.

Babies require four essential dietary lipids to support growth and development, whereas older children and adults require only two essential dietary lipids. Those lipids that are required by babies and not by adults are examples of __________________?

conditionally essential nutrients

Before believing a claim that a particular nutrient decreases one's risk if cancer, one should:

determine whether it is supported by clinical research published in peer-reviewed journals, and/or mentioned by a major public health organizations.

When a researcher wants to determine if a dietary supplement can assist with improved weight-loss. The best study approach would be to conduct a(n) _____________.

double-blind study.

An investigator wanted to determine the effect of egg consumption on cholesterol levels. She asked a group of participants to consume three eggs per day for three weeks and another group of participants not to include eggs in their diet. She tested the cholesterol levels of both the groups before and after the three weeks. This type of study is called a(n) ____________.

intervention study.

The nutrients that are required by the body in very small amounts are called ______________.

micronutrients

An essential nutrient is one that:

must be obtained from the diet to sustain life.

A(n) ____________ is a substance that your body needs, but if necessary, can produce in amounts needed to satisfy requirements.

nonessential nutrient

The term _______ refers to how living organisms obtain and use food to support all the processed required for their existence.

nutrition

One of the differences between nonessential nutrients and functional foods is that unlike nonessential nutrients, functional foods:

promote optimal health beyond the body's basic nutritional needs.

Matthew conducted a week-long experiment to determine the efficacy of a pill for reducing b/p. Out of 50 research participants, he gave medicated pills to 25 participants. To create a control group, he gave unmedicated sugar pills to the rest of the participants. None of the participants were aware that they had been given unmedicated pills. After a week, Matthew noted that six of the participants who had received unmedicated pills, along with the participants who received medicated pills, exhibited improved b/p. This is an example of __________.

the placebo effect.

The calorie is

the unit of measurement used to express the amount of energy in a food.

One of the important functions of lipids in the human body is:

to provide energy.

A _______ is a compound found in animal-based foods that likely benefits human health beyond the provision of essential nutrients and energy.

zoochemical