Module 1 & 3 Questions

Which of the following is a feature of basal metabolic rate (BMR)?

Pregnancy increases the BMR

What is not a feature of the Adequate Intake (AI) and the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA)?

the percentage of people covered is known for both values

A weight reduction regimen calls for a daily intake of 1400 kcalories, which includes 30 g of fat. Approximately what percentage of the total energy combined by fat?

19

On the food label, the % Daily Value table compares key nutrients per serving for a person consuming how many kcalories daily?

2000

For every decade beyond the age of 30, what is the percentage decrease in the need for total kcalories?

5

What product of absorption is not released directly into the bloodstream?

Fats

What is the fate of any enzymes that are present in the foods we eat?

Hydrolyzed in the GI tract

What two systems coordinate digestive/absorptive processes?

Nervous and endocrine

What is the order of the GI tract?

Stomach, duodenum, jejunum, ilieum, colon

A food scientist is developing a new and improved cereal bar. She consults with you to ask what order the ingredients should be listed on the food label. The ingredients are: sugar 30g, Puffed wheat: 28g, Dry Milk powder: 5g, Red food coloring: 35 mg, Salt 2g. What is the appropriate order in which to list these ingredients on the food label?

Sugar, Puffed wheat, dry milk powder, salt, red food coloring

When consumed in excess, all of the following can be converted to body fat and stored except..? a. sugar b.corn oil c. alcohol d. vitamin c

Vitamin C

Which nutrient does not yield energy during its metabolism?

Vitamins

Your friend Carrie took a daily supplement of Vitamin C and stated that she felt a lot better. Her experience is best described as a(n)?

anecdote

All of the following are considered macronutrients (fat, protein, calcium, carbohydrate), except?

calcium

Besides urine, what could also suggest ketosis?

fruit odor to breath

In the adult body, food energy not stored as fat or glycogen is lost as?

heat

What is a feature of peristalsis?

it consists of wavelike muscular contractions resulting from alternate tightening and relaxing of circular and longitudinal muscles

Nutrient dense refers to foods that:

provide more nutrients relative to kcalories

Surface area is also an integral part of the absorption of nutrients...

through the presence of the enormous number of villi and microvilli