NUTRITION And HEALTH UPDATED EXAM
questions and CORRECT Answers
What is nutrition? - CORRECT ANSWERS The study of food, including how it nourishes our
bodies and influences our health.
What are the main focuses of nutrition research? - CORRECT ANSWERS Supporting health and
preventing or treating chronic diseases.
What factors does nutrition involve studying? - CORRECT ANSWERS Food consumption,
digestion, absorption, storage, eating patterns, recommended food amounts, food safety, and the
global food supply.
How does nutrition support health? - CORRECT ANSWERS By promoting wellness, which
includes physical, emotional, social, occupational, and spiritual health.
What are the critical components of wellness? - CORRECT ANSWERS Nutrition and physical
activity.
What are nutrient-deficiency diseases? - CORRECT ANSWERS Diseases caused by a lack of
essential nutrients, such as scurvy and pellagra.
What chronic diseases are strongly associated with poor nutrition? - CORRECT ANSWERS Heart
disease, stroke, and diabetes.
What is the primary link between poor nutrition and mortality? - CORRECT ANSWERS Obesity.
What is the Healthy People 2020 initiative? - CORRECT ANSWERS A national goal to attain
high-quality, longer lives free of preventable disease and improve health equity.
What are the goals of Healthy People 2020? - CORRECT ANSWERS Attain high-quality lives,
achieve health equity, create environments promoting good health, and promote healthy behaviors
across all life stages.
, What are nutrients? - CORRECT ANSWERS Chemicals in foods that are critical to human
growth and function.
What are the six groups of essential nutrients? - CORRECT ANSWERS Carbohydrates, vitamins,
fats and oils, minerals, proteins, and water.
What are macronutrients? - CORRECT ANSWERS Nutrients required in relatively large amounts
that provide energy, including carbohydrates, fats, and proteins.
What are micronutrients? - CORRECT ANSWERS Nutrients required in smaller amounts,
including vitamins and minerals, that do not provide kilocalories.
How is energy measured in food? - CORRECT ANSWERS In kilocalories (kcal), which is the
amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1 kg of water by 1°C.
What is the primary source of fuel for the body? - CORRECT ANSWERS Carbohydrates,
providing 4 kcal per gram.
What are fats composed of? - CORRECT ANSWERS Lipids, which are insoluble in water and
provide 9 kcal per gram.
What are the functions of proteins? - CORRECT ANSWERS Building cells and tissues,
maintaining bones, repairing damaged tissues, and regulating metabolism.
What are vitamins? - CORRECT ANSWERS Organic molecules that assist in regulating body
processes, classified as fat-soluble or water-soluble.
What are minerals? - CORRECT ANSWERS Inorganic substances required for body processes,
essential for fluid regulation, energy production, and bone health.
What role does water play in the body? - CORRECT ANSWERS Vital for fluid balance, nutrient
transport, nerve impulses, waste removal, muscle contractions, and body temperature regulation.
questions and CORRECT Answers
What is nutrition? - CORRECT ANSWERS The study of food, including how it nourishes our
bodies and influences our health.
What are the main focuses of nutrition research? - CORRECT ANSWERS Supporting health and
preventing or treating chronic diseases.
What factors does nutrition involve studying? - CORRECT ANSWERS Food consumption,
digestion, absorption, storage, eating patterns, recommended food amounts, food safety, and the
global food supply.
How does nutrition support health? - CORRECT ANSWERS By promoting wellness, which
includes physical, emotional, social, occupational, and spiritual health.
What are the critical components of wellness? - CORRECT ANSWERS Nutrition and physical
activity.
What are nutrient-deficiency diseases? - CORRECT ANSWERS Diseases caused by a lack of
essential nutrients, such as scurvy and pellagra.
What chronic diseases are strongly associated with poor nutrition? - CORRECT ANSWERS Heart
disease, stroke, and diabetes.
What is the primary link between poor nutrition and mortality? - CORRECT ANSWERS Obesity.
What is the Healthy People 2020 initiative? - CORRECT ANSWERS A national goal to attain
high-quality, longer lives free of preventable disease and improve health equity.
What are the goals of Healthy People 2020? - CORRECT ANSWERS Attain high-quality lives,
achieve health equity, create environments promoting good health, and promote healthy behaviors
across all life stages.
, What are nutrients? - CORRECT ANSWERS Chemicals in foods that are critical to human
growth and function.
What are the six groups of essential nutrients? - CORRECT ANSWERS Carbohydrates, vitamins,
fats and oils, minerals, proteins, and water.
What are macronutrients? - CORRECT ANSWERS Nutrients required in relatively large amounts
that provide energy, including carbohydrates, fats, and proteins.
What are micronutrients? - CORRECT ANSWERS Nutrients required in smaller amounts,
including vitamins and minerals, that do not provide kilocalories.
How is energy measured in food? - CORRECT ANSWERS In kilocalories (kcal), which is the
amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1 kg of water by 1°C.
What is the primary source of fuel for the body? - CORRECT ANSWERS Carbohydrates,
providing 4 kcal per gram.
What are fats composed of? - CORRECT ANSWERS Lipids, which are insoluble in water and
provide 9 kcal per gram.
What are the functions of proteins? - CORRECT ANSWERS Building cells and tissues,
maintaining bones, repairing damaged tissues, and regulating metabolism.
What are vitamins? - CORRECT ANSWERS Organic molecules that assist in regulating body
processes, classified as fat-soluble or water-soluble.
What are minerals? - CORRECT ANSWERS Inorganic substances required for body processes,
essential for fluid regulation, energy production, and bone health.
What role does water play in the body? - CORRECT ANSWERS Vital for fluid balance, nutrient
transport, nerve impulses, waste removal, muscle contractions, and body temperature regulation.
