HUN 1201 FINAL EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS
What are the 6 classes of nutrients? - Answers - Carbs, Proteins, Fats (lipids), Vitamins,
Minerals, & Water
What type of saccharide is glycogen? What is it a storage form of and what 2 places is it
stored in? What is the maximum amount of time it can be stored? - Answers -
Polysaccharide. Glucose. Liver & Muscles. 24 Hours.
How are plant and animal fats different (hint: texture and saturation)? - Answers - Plant
fats are generally liquid at room temperature and unsaturated. Animal fats are solid and
saturated.
What are the 3 components of energy expenditure & Energy Out? - Answers - Basal
Metabolic Rate. Physical Activity. Thermic Effect of Food (Thermogenesis).
If more energy is consumed than expended, what is the energy converted to and where
is it stored? - Answers - Triglycerides. Adipose (fat) Tissue.
What is the type of fiber that binds cholesterol in the intestine? - Answers - Soluble
What is insoluble fiber? What does it do? Where can it be found (food sources)? -
Answers - Non-starch polysaccharides. Not fully digestible. Gives structure, texture,
crunch, and strings. Fruits and vegetables, especially broccoli, celery, etc.
What is the sum of all chemical reactions that occur inside the body's cells called? -
Answers - Metabolism
What is glycolysis? What is the result? - Answers - Metabolic pathway. Splits 1 glucose
into 2 pyruvate molecules.
What factor produces the most generation of ATP in the metabolic pathway? - Answers
- Oxygen
When fatty acids are broken down for energy, what do they become? - Answers - Acetyl
CoA
In order for amino acids to be used to make ATP, what is the 1st step? - Answers -
Deamination
Where is visceral fat located? What shaped body is it referred to as? What type of risk
does it have on diseases? - Answers - Center of the body and waist. Apple. Increased
and higher than subcutaneous.
, Where is subcutaneous fat located? What shaped body is it referred to as? What type of
risk does it have on chronic diseases? - Answers - Below the waist and under the skin.
Pear. Lower risk than visceral.
What diseases does a high level of visceral fat increase the risk for (7)? - Answers -
Heart Disease, CVD, Obesity, Stroke, Hypertension, High Blood Pressure, Diabetes
What is a healthy and recommended weight loss? - Answers - 1/2 to 2 pounds per week
What is nutrient density (2 relationships are inverse)? - Answers - Consumption of foods
high in vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients that are also low in kcalories
What are the top 2 leading causes of death in the U.S.? - Answers - Heart Disease
(CVD) & Cancer
What is the AMDR for fat from kcalories? - Answers - 20% to 35%
What are the 3 disaccharides and what are they made from (hint: they all contain
glucose)? - Answers - Sucrose (fructose/glucose). Lactose (galactose/glucose). Maltose
(2 glucoses).
What is the major form of lipids (fat) in the U.S. diet? - Answers - Triglycerides
What are the 4 fat-soluble vitamins? - Answers - A, D, E, K
What diet can help prevent heart disease and hypertension? What nutrients does it
emphasize to be included/limited in the diet? - Answers - DASH. Soluble fiber, omega-3
fatty acids, antioxidants, and other vitamins and minerals. Fat, especially saturated fat,
and sodium.
Where does aerobic metabolism take place in the cells? - Answers - Mitochondria
Who is affected by Kwashiorkor disease? Why do they get this disease/what kind of
deficiency do they have? What is the result of Kwashiorkor? - Answers - Kids. Protein
Deficiency & Energy Metabolism (PEM). Delayed Growth.
What is the cause of marasmus? What are the results? - Answers - PEM & Severe
Malnutrition. Poor Growth & Weight Loss.
What is peristalsis? - Answers - Slow rhythmic contraction of the GI tract
What is bile: what is it defined as and how does it act, what does it do, where is it made
and stored? - Answers - Emulsifier. Breaks Down Fat. Liver. Released From
Gallbladder.
What are the 6 classes of nutrients? - Answers - Carbs, Proteins, Fats (lipids), Vitamins,
Minerals, & Water
What type of saccharide is glycogen? What is it a storage form of and what 2 places is it
stored in? What is the maximum amount of time it can be stored? - Answers -
Polysaccharide. Glucose. Liver & Muscles. 24 Hours.
How are plant and animal fats different (hint: texture and saturation)? - Answers - Plant
fats are generally liquid at room temperature and unsaturated. Animal fats are solid and
saturated.
What are the 3 components of energy expenditure & Energy Out? - Answers - Basal
Metabolic Rate. Physical Activity. Thermic Effect of Food (Thermogenesis).
If more energy is consumed than expended, what is the energy converted to and where
is it stored? - Answers - Triglycerides. Adipose (fat) Tissue.
What is the type of fiber that binds cholesterol in the intestine? - Answers - Soluble
What is insoluble fiber? What does it do? Where can it be found (food sources)? -
Answers - Non-starch polysaccharides. Not fully digestible. Gives structure, texture,
crunch, and strings. Fruits and vegetables, especially broccoli, celery, etc.
What is the sum of all chemical reactions that occur inside the body's cells called? -
Answers - Metabolism
What is glycolysis? What is the result? - Answers - Metabolic pathway. Splits 1 glucose
into 2 pyruvate molecules.
What factor produces the most generation of ATP in the metabolic pathway? - Answers
- Oxygen
When fatty acids are broken down for energy, what do they become? - Answers - Acetyl
CoA
In order for amino acids to be used to make ATP, what is the 1st step? - Answers -
Deamination
Where is visceral fat located? What shaped body is it referred to as? What type of risk
does it have on diseases? - Answers - Center of the body and waist. Apple. Increased
and higher than subcutaneous.
, Where is subcutaneous fat located? What shaped body is it referred to as? What type of
risk does it have on chronic diseases? - Answers - Below the waist and under the skin.
Pear. Lower risk than visceral.
What diseases does a high level of visceral fat increase the risk for (7)? - Answers -
Heart Disease, CVD, Obesity, Stroke, Hypertension, High Blood Pressure, Diabetes
What is a healthy and recommended weight loss? - Answers - 1/2 to 2 pounds per week
What is nutrient density (2 relationships are inverse)? - Answers - Consumption of foods
high in vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients that are also low in kcalories
What are the top 2 leading causes of death in the U.S.? - Answers - Heart Disease
(CVD) & Cancer
What is the AMDR for fat from kcalories? - Answers - 20% to 35%
What are the 3 disaccharides and what are they made from (hint: they all contain
glucose)? - Answers - Sucrose (fructose/glucose). Lactose (galactose/glucose). Maltose
(2 glucoses).
What is the major form of lipids (fat) in the U.S. diet? - Answers - Triglycerides
What are the 4 fat-soluble vitamins? - Answers - A, D, E, K
What diet can help prevent heart disease and hypertension? What nutrients does it
emphasize to be included/limited in the diet? - Answers - DASH. Soluble fiber, omega-3
fatty acids, antioxidants, and other vitamins and minerals. Fat, especially saturated fat,
and sodium.
Where does aerobic metabolism take place in the cells? - Answers - Mitochondria
Who is affected by Kwashiorkor disease? Why do they get this disease/what kind of
deficiency do they have? What is the result of Kwashiorkor? - Answers - Kids. Protein
Deficiency & Energy Metabolism (PEM). Delayed Growth.
What is the cause of marasmus? What are the results? - Answers - PEM & Severe
Malnutrition. Poor Growth & Weight Loss.
What is peristalsis? - Answers - Slow rhythmic contraction of the GI tract
What is bile: what is it defined as and how does it act, what does it do, where is it made
and stored? - Answers - Emulsifier. Breaks Down Fat. Liver. Released From
Gallbladder.
