Chapter 1 Nutrition Learn Smart
What is obesity?
A condition that can result from consuming more calories than needed
What are phytochemicals?
A substance made by plants in that is not a nutrient but has healthful benefits.
What circumstances would increase a person's chances of under nutrition in the United States
Anorexia Nervosa Living in Poverty Chronic Alcoholism
What is a food that is energy dense but not empty calories?
Mixed nuts
Dietitians that create modified diets for people must consider what?
Occupation Family Food preferences Food preparation ability
What is a risk factor?
Personal characteristics that increases a person's chances of developing a chronic disease
What term describes the amount of a nutrient that is within the range of safe intake and enables the body to function optimally?
Physiological dose
What are probiotics?
Probiotics are live bacteria. These are 'good bacteria' and are similar to those in the gut. Probiotics are added to foods such a yogurt. It's thought they may help keep your digestive system healthier by replacing gut bacteria that are lost during antibiotic treatment.
What is the #1 cause of preventable death?
Smoking
Which of the following nutrients provide no usable calories for the body?
VITAMINS MINERALS
Because no natural food contains all nutrients in amounts needed by the body, _____ in the diet is critical.
Variety
What is considered the most essential nutrient?
Water
A substance that cannot be separated into simpler substances by ordinary chemical or physical means is a
element
Certain ___ diseases can be cured by eating specific nutrients but diet is just one aspect that influences health.
Deficiency
Which term best describes a person's usual pattern of food choices?
Diet
Type 2 diabetes and obesity are related to ___ practices common in american society today
Dietary
What are some examples of risk factors?
Heredity Smoking Nutritional habits
Which term describes a food or beverage that is a poor source of micronutrients in relation to its energy value?
Empty-calorie
A nutrient that cannot be made by the body and must be supplied by food is considered:
Essential
True or False: Humans have an instinctual drive that leads us to make healthy food choices.
False, there is nothing in the genetic makeup of humans that helps us make healthy food choices
True or false: Refined grain products are being purchased in lower quantities than what is recommended.
False; Americans buy them in higher quantities
True or false: a phytochemical supplement is identical to what is found in food.
False; Supplements do not contain the same healthful benefits as consuming the plants that provide these compounds
What is a Functional Food?
Food that contain a nutrient or phytochemical ingredients that may provide health benefits
Orange juice is fortified with calcium, margarines that interfere with the body's ability to absorb cholesterol and yogurt with live bacteria are all examples of ___.
Functional Foods
What term describes a food that is manufactured to boost nutrient intakes?
Functional foods
Which is more likely to be taken as a dietary supplement?
Herb Vitamin Mineral Amino Acid
What is megadose?
The intake of a vitamin or mineral that greatly exceeds the recommended amount
True or false; not all phytochemicals have beneficial effects on the body
True
True or false: There is little danger fro healthy adults taking a vitamin and mineral supplement that provides 100% of the recommended amounts of micronutrients.
True, healthy adults might consider doing this as "an insurance policy," but it is not a substitute for a healthy diet