BIOL 1322 NUTRITION AND DIET THERAPY
ACTUAL TEST BANK FULL SOLUTION WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS
●● What is diet?
Answer: a person's usual pattern of food choices
●● Food contains ___________
Answer: nutrients
●● People are _______ the ability to choose a healthy diet (a diet that
supplies an appropriate mixture of nutrients)
Answer: NOT born with
●● What can influence eating habits?
Answer: family, childhood experiences, race/ ethnicty, level of
education, socioeconomic status, occupation, religious beliefs, urban/
rural residence
●● What are some causes of death linked to poor eating habits?
Answer: heart disease, some types of cancer, stroke, type 2 diabetes
,●● What is an essential nutrient?
Answer: a nutrient that must be consumed in the diet
●● A deficiency disease occurs when ______
Answer: an essential nutrient is missing from the diet
●● What is the most essential nutrient?
Answer: water
●● What are the six classes of nutrients?
Answer: carbohydrates, fats/lipids, proteins, vitamins, minerals, water
●● What are nonnutrients?
Answer: does not provide energy and does not have nutritional value,
but is still important to bodily function
●● What are the two types nonnutrients?
Answer: antioxidants and phytochemicals
●● What are antioxidants?
Answer: protects cells and their components from being damaged or
destroyed by certain factors
,●● What are phytochemicals?
Answer: substances that are derived from plants that do not provide
nutrients but still improves health
●● What is a dietary supplement?
Answer: a product (excluding tabacco) that includes a vitamin, a
mineral, an herb or other plant product, an amino acid, or a dietary
substance that supplements the diet by increasing total intake.
●● What is a lifestyle?
Answer: a person's usual way of living, including dietary practices and
physical activity habits
●● What are some risk factors for an unhealthy lifestyle?
Answer: poor dietary practices, lack of physical activity, drug use,
genetics, family hx, age, environmental factors, and psychological
factors
●● What is a kilocarlorie?
Answer: the heat energy needed to raise the temperature of 1000g ( 1
liter) of water 1 degree celsius
●● 1 gram of carbohydrates equals _______ kcal
Answer: 4
, ●● 1 gram of protein equals _______ kcal
Answer: 4
●● 1 gram of fat/ lipids equals _______ kcal
Answer: 9
●● 1 gram of alcohol equals _______ kcal
Answer: 7
●● What are the 3 types of nutrients?
Answer: macronutrients, micronutrients, water
●● What is the most important nutrient?
Answer: water
●● What is a macronutrient?
Answer: A nutrient that is required in significant amounts in the diet
●● What are the macronutrients?
Answer: carbohydrates, lipids, proteins
ACTUAL TEST BANK FULL SOLUTION WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS
●● What is diet?
Answer: a person's usual pattern of food choices
●● Food contains ___________
Answer: nutrients
●● People are _______ the ability to choose a healthy diet (a diet that
supplies an appropriate mixture of nutrients)
Answer: NOT born with
●● What can influence eating habits?
Answer: family, childhood experiences, race/ ethnicty, level of
education, socioeconomic status, occupation, religious beliefs, urban/
rural residence
●● What are some causes of death linked to poor eating habits?
Answer: heart disease, some types of cancer, stroke, type 2 diabetes
,●● What is an essential nutrient?
Answer: a nutrient that must be consumed in the diet
●● A deficiency disease occurs when ______
Answer: an essential nutrient is missing from the diet
●● What is the most essential nutrient?
Answer: water
●● What are the six classes of nutrients?
Answer: carbohydrates, fats/lipids, proteins, vitamins, minerals, water
●● What are nonnutrients?
Answer: does not provide energy and does not have nutritional value,
but is still important to bodily function
●● What are the two types nonnutrients?
Answer: antioxidants and phytochemicals
●● What are antioxidants?
Answer: protects cells and their components from being damaged or
destroyed by certain factors
,●● What are phytochemicals?
Answer: substances that are derived from plants that do not provide
nutrients but still improves health
●● What is a dietary supplement?
Answer: a product (excluding tabacco) that includes a vitamin, a
mineral, an herb or other plant product, an amino acid, or a dietary
substance that supplements the diet by increasing total intake.
●● What is a lifestyle?
Answer: a person's usual way of living, including dietary practices and
physical activity habits
●● What are some risk factors for an unhealthy lifestyle?
Answer: poor dietary practices, lack of physical activity, drug use,
genetics, family hx, age, environmental factors, and psychological
factors
●● What is a kilocarlorie?
Answer: the heat energy needed to raise the temperature of 1000g ( 1
liter) of water 1 degree celsius
●● 1 gram of carbohydrates equals _______ kcal
Answer: 4
, ●● 1 gram of protein equals _______ kcal
Answer: 4
●● 1 gram of fat/ lipids equals _______ kcal
Answer: 9
●● 1 gram of alcohol equals _______ kcal
Answer: 7
●● What are the 3 types of nutrients?
Answer: macronutrients, micronutrients, water
●● What is the most important nutrient?
Answer: water
●● What is a macronutrient?
Answer: A nutrient that is required in significant amounts in the diet
●● What are the macronutrients?
Answer: carbohydrates, lipids, proteins
