Chapter 3 Nutrition & Wellness
A nutrition scientist wants to develop a nutritionally complete formula diet for adults who are healthy but need to avoid solid food for awhile. Based on this information, s/he is likely to refer to ________ when developing the new formula.
DRIs
African Heritage Diets
Sweet potato pie, corn bread, and fried chicken,Salt-cured pork
For lunch today, Quentin ate a turkey sandwich on whole wheat bread, a small bag of pretzels, and an apple. He also drank a 20-fluid ounce orange-flavored sports drink. Which component of his lunch would be considered a source of empty calories?
Sports drink
Acceptable Macronutrient Distribution Ranges (AMDRs) -
ranges of carbohydrate, fat, and protein intakes that provide adequate amounts of micronutrients and may reduce the risk of certain diet-related chronic diseasesAMDRs
Estimated Energy Requirement (EER)
the average dietary energy intake that maintains energy balance and good health in a person of a given age, gender, weight, height, and level of physical activity
According to the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, most healthy adults should limit their daily sodium intake to less than ________ mg/day.
2300
Which of the following statements is true 2?
Conventional farming systems have limited restrictions on the use of fertilizers.
What affects nutrient needs?
Sex Age Health status
Which of the following statements is true?
The adult AMDR for carbohydrates is 45 to 65% of total energy intake
The Choose Your Foods Tool allows you to _______.
estimate your carbohydrate intake
nutrient requirement
smallest amount of a nutrient that maintains a defined level of nutritional health
Tolerable Upper Level Intake (Upper Level, or UL)
the highest average amount of a nutrient that is unlikely to harm most people when the amount is consumed daily
Javier wants to eat enough salad greens in one meal to equal 1 cup of vegetables. How much of the greens should he eat?
2 cups
Southern European Diet
Grains,Fruits,Vegetables, particularly potatoes, seafood, poultry, and wine
Which of the following menu items has ingredients that represent all MyPlate food groups?
Salad made with hard-cooked eggs, grapes, leaf lettuce, cooked pasta, and cheddar cheese
Hispanic, Mediterranean, and Asian Diets, traditionally include small amounts of _______.
animal foods
Adequate Intake (AIs)
dietary recommendations that assume a population's average daily nutrient intakes are adequate because no deficiency diseases are present
A refined grain product that has iron, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, and folic acid added to replace amounts lost during processing has been _______,
enriched
According to the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, a healthy eating pattern includes foods ________.
from all five food groups and oils but limits saturated fats, added sugars and sodium
Monique is a 19-year-old college student who would like to follow a Mediterranean diet pattern instead of her typical "western" diet. Based on this information, Monique should _______.
increase her intake of fruit
Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs)
recommended nutrient intakes that will meet the needs of almost all healthy people
Dietary Reference Intake (DRIs)
set of energy and nutrient intake standards that can be used as references when making dietary recommendations
Indian Cuisine
wild vegetation, fish, vegetable crops, including tomatoes, corn, beans, and squash
To establish a nutrient's RDA, nutrition scientists add ________ of the nutrient to its EAR.
a "margin of safety" amount
An Estimated Average Requirement (EAR) is the ________.
amount of a nutrient that meets the needs of 50% of healthy people in a particular population
Which of the following statements is a health claim that the FDA allows on a food package?
"While many factors affect heart disease, diets low in saturated fat may reduce the risk of this disease."
Max wants to increase his intake of vitamin D without taking a dietary supplement. When he shops for food, he reads Nutrition Facts labels. Which of the following information will help him choose foods that are the richest sources of vitamin D?
%DV's
Which of the following standards can help you compare nutritional contents of packaged foods to make more healthful choices?
%DVs
Asian Diet
Large amounts of vegetables, rice or noodles,Small amounts of meat, fish, or shellfish
A group of 50 adult male humans were in a clinical study to determine how much niacin is toxic. During the first 2 weeks of the study, members of the group consumed only a formula diet that was nutritionally complete, except it contained 24 mg niacin, which is 1.5 times the RDA for niacin (males). At that point in the study, all members reported feeling fine, and they could function normally. During the next week, they were given a formula that contained 48 mg niacin. Within a few days of consuming this formula, 90% of the participants reported feeling ill, and they complained of having upset stomachs and flushing (redness) on their faces. At that point, researchers gave the subjects a formula that contained 16 mg niacin. After a week of consuming the new formula, all participants reported feeling well again. Based on this information, the researchers concluded that the ________.
UL for niacin was between 24 and 48 mg/day
Hispanic Diet
corn, beans, chili peppers, avocados, papayas, pineapples,
According to MyPlate, Farah should consume 3 cups of milk daily. She prefers eating plain yogurt to drinking milk. How much plain yogurt can she eat to meet her plan's recommendation for milk and milk products?
3 cups
