HMGT 2460 EXAM 1 REVIEW QUESTIONS
Macronutrients includes? - Answers - Carbs, Fats, and Proteins. Macronutrients is
needed in large amounts and provide energy to the body.
Micronutrients includes - Answers - Vitamins and Minerals. Micronutrients is needed in
smaller amounts and maintain health and a variety of functions in the body.
What are Empty Calories? - Answers - These are calories that come with few nutrients.
What is Nutrient Density? - Answers - Foods that are nutrient-dense provide the most
amount of nutrients in a fewer number of calories. This is a measure of nutrients
provided by food relative to its calorie content.
What are examples of Nutrient Dense foods? - Answers - Grilled chicken breast (165
calories, 31 grams protein, 3.6 grams fat)
Yogurt and fruit (200 calories, 8 grams protein, 5 grams fat)
What is Fortification? - Answers - This is the process of adding nutrients back to foods
to avoid nutrient deficiencies. The fortification of foods was begun to help eliminate
nutrient deficiencies in the population, with the federal government mandating that
certain nutrients be added to certain foods.
What foods are typically fortified? - Answers - Milk - added vitamin D
Salt - added iodine
Grain products - added vitamin B
Cereal - added vitamin B
Flour - ???
What are Phytochemicals and where are they found? - Answers - In plants, substances
that, though not essential to life, can be beneficial are called phytochemicals
Food Choice is Influenced by what three things? - Answers - Location (where you live
rural or urban), Social (culture and development), and Economical (food accessibility
and cost).
Energy from food is called what? - Answers - Nutrients (food energy) (calorie?)
How is nutrients listed on a food label? - Answers - Energy provided by food is listed as
calories. A unit of heat used to express the amount of energy provided by food or
expended by the body. We typically use the word "calorie" or "Calorie" to refer to the
number of kilocalories; a kilocalorie is technically 1000 calories.
, What is Nutritional Genomics? - Answers - The study of how our genes affect the
impact of nutrients or other food components on health (nutrigenetics) and how
nutrients affect the activity of our genes (nutrigenomics).
What are the top 5 causes of Death in the U.S? - Answers - Heat Disease, Cancer,
Accidents, Raspatory Disease, and Strokes.
Identify what is in a healthy diet including Balance, Moderation and Variety - Answers -
Choose a variety of foods from different foods groups to gain the needed amount of
nutrients. Not just one food can provide you with all the nutrients you need.
Balance your diet with foods that are nutrient dense and foods that you like. There is no
such thing as good foods and bad foods but rather healthy diets and unhealthy diets.
Eat in moderation so that you do not gain more nutrients than you need. not having too
many calories, too much saturated fat, too much sugar, too much salt, or too much
alcohol. Choosing moderate amounts will help you maintain a healthy weight and
prevent some of the chronic diseases
What's the Scientific Method and what's included? - Answers - The systematic,
unbiased approach in science that acquires new knowledge and continuously revises
and updates our understanding based on new information. Includes the following:
Observation - observe and ask questions
Hypothesis - propose an explanation
Experiment - testing the hypothesis
Theory - developed after repeated testing; formal explanation of the observation
What is Epidemiology? - Answers - The study between diet and health, looking at trends
and patterns.
What's a DRI? - Answers - Recommendations for energy, nutrients, and other food
components that healthy people should consume in order to stay healthy, reduce the
risk of chronic disease, and prevent deficiencies.
What are the five sets of DRI's? - Answers - EARs - average amounts of nutrients or
other dietary components required by healthy individuals
RDA's - mounts of nutrients and other dietary components that meet the needs of most
healthy people
AI's - nutrient requirements based on what healthy people typically eat
UL (upper limit) - maximum amount of a nutrient that most people can consume on a
daily basis without adverse effect
Macronutrients includes? - Answers - Carbs, Fats, and Proteins. Macronutrients is
needed in large amounts and provide energy to the body.
Micronutrients includes - Answers - Vitamins and Minerals. Micronutrients is needed in
smaller amounts and maintain health and a variety of functions in the body.
What are Empty Calories? - Answers - These are calories that come with few nutrients.
What is Nutrient Density? - Answers - Foods that are nutrient-dense provide the most
amount of nutrients in a fewer number of calories. This is a measure of nutrients
provided by food relative to its calorie content.
What are examples of Nutrient Dense foods? - Answers - Grilled chicken breast (165
calories, 31 grams protein, 3.6 grams fat)
Yogurt and fruit (200 calories, 8 grams protein, 5 grams fat)
What is Fortification? - Answers - This is the process of adding nutrients back to foods
to avoid nutrient deficiencies. The fortification of foods was begun to help eliminate
nutrient deficiencies in the population, with the federal government mandating that
certain nutrients be added to certain foods.
What foods are typically fortified? - Answers - Milk - added vitamin D
Salt - added iodine
Grain products - added vitamin B
Cereal - added vitamin B
Flour - ???
What are Phytochemicals and where are they found? - Answers - In plants, substances
that, though not essential to life, can be beneficial are called phytochemicals
Food Choice is Influenced by what three things? - Answers - Location (where you live
rural or urban), Social (culture and development), and Economical (food accessibility
and cost).
Energy from food is called what? - Answers - Nutrients (food energy) (calorie?)
How is nutrients listed on a food label? - Answers - Energy provided by food is listed as
calories. A unit of heat used to express the amount of energy provided by food or
expended by the body. We typically use the word "calorie" or "Calorie" to refer to the
number of kilocalories; a kilocalorie is technically 1000 calories.
, What is Nutritional Genomics? - Answers - The study of how our genes affect the
impact of nutrients or other food components on health (nutrigenetics) and how
nutrients affect the activity of our genes (nutrigenomics).
What are the top 5 causes of Death in the U.S? - Answers - Heat Disease, Cancer,
Accidents, Raspatory Disease, and Strokes.
Identify what is in a healthy diet including Balance, Moderation and Variety - Answers -
Choose a variety of foods from different foods groups to gain the needed amount of
nutrients. Not just one food can provide you with all the nutrients you need.
Balance your diet with foods that are nutrient dense and foods that you like. There is no
such thing as good foods and bad foods but rather healthy diets and unhealthy diets.
Eat in moderation so that you do not gain more nutrients than you need. not having too
many calories, too much saturated fat, too much sugar, too much salt, or too much
alcohol. Choosing moderate amounts will help you maintain a healthy weight and
prevent some of the chronic diseases
What's the Scientific Method and what's included? - Answers - The systematic,
unbiased approach in science that acquires new knowledge and continuously revises
and updates our understanding based on new information. Includes the following:
Observation - observe and ask questions
Hypothesis - propose an explanation
Experiment - testing the hypothesis
Theory - developed after repeated testing; formal explanation of the observation
What is Epidemiology? - Answers - The study between diet and health, looking at trends
and patterns.
What's a DRI? - Answers - Recommendations for energy, nutrients, and other food
components that healthy people should consume in order to stay healthy, reduce the
risk of chronic disease, and prevent deficiencies.
What are the five sets of DRI's? - Answers - EARs - average amounts of nutrients or
other dietary components required by healthy individuals
RDA's - mounts of nutrients and other dietary components that meet the needs of most
healthy people
AI's - nutrient requirements based on what healthy people typically eat
UL (upper limit) - maximum amount of a nutrient that most people can consume on a
daily basis without adverse effect
