BIOL 1322 NUTRITION AND DIET THERAPY UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE

BIOL 1322 NUTRITION AND DIET THERAPY
UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS COMPREHENSIVE
STUDY GUIDE

●● health fraud
Answer: conscious deceit practiced for profit, such as the promotion of a
false or an unproven product or therapy


●● quackery
Answer: health fraud; a quack is a person who practices health fraud


●● what are the six classes of nutrients?
Answer: carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, minerals, water


●● what are the energy-yielding nutrients?
Answer: carbohydrates, fats, proteins


●● nutrients
Answer: substances obtained from food and used in the body to promote
growth, maintenance, and repair

, ●● essential nutrient
Answer: a nutrient that must be obtained from food because the body
cannot make it for itself


●● energy
Answer: the capacity to do work, such as moving or heating something


●● each gram of carbohydrate and protein consumed supplies your body
with how many calories?
Answer: 4


●● each gram of fat provides your body with how many calories?
Answer: 9


●● what regulates the release of energy and other aspects of
metabolism?
Answer: vitamins and minerals


●● Each gram of alcohol supplies your body with how many calories?
Answer: 7


●● calorie
Answer: the unit used to measure energy