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This comprehensive textbook test bank features chapter-by-chapter practice questions and verified answers for Nutrition: Concepts and Controversies (16th Edition) by Frances Sizer and Ellie Whitney. Tailored for introductory nutrition, nursing, health sciences, and dietetics students, it provides thorough coverage of core nutritional science and evidence-based principles, including macronutrient and micronutrient functions, human digestion and absorption, energy balance and body weight management, dietary guidelines and nutrition standards, physical fitness nutrition, food safety, and life cycle nutrition requirements from pregnancy to older adulthood. Designed to sharpen critical thinking and clarify complex nutritional debates, this study resource is ideal for chapter quizzes, midterm evaluations, final exam preparation, and healthcare licensing board reviews.

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TEST BANK
Nutrition: Concepts and Controversies

Frances Sizer, Ellie Whitney.
16th Edition.
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, TEST BANK FOR NUTRITION: CONCEPTS AND CONTROVERSIES, 16th EDITION,
SIZER

Chapter 1 Food Choices and Human Health

MULTICHOICE

1. Which of the following conditions is the most responsive to nutrition?

(A) diabetes

(B) iron deficiency anemia

(C) sickle cell disease

(D) heart disease

Answer : (B)

2. What is the name for the study of environmental influences on genetic expression?

(A) epigenetics
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(B) genetic counselling

(C) nutritional nucleic acid pool
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(D) genetic metabolics

Answer : (A)

3. The integration of nutrition, genomic science, and molecular biology has launched a newarea
of study. What is this area of study called?
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(A) nutrition genetics

(B) nutritional genomics
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(C) nutritional molecular science

(D) nutritional science

Answer : (B)
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4. How many classes of nutrients are there?

(A) 2
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(B) 4

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, (D) 8

Answer : (C)

5. Which of the following nutrients is considered organic?

(A) minerals

(B) carbohydrate

(C) water

(D) alcohol

Answer : (B)

6. Which of the following nutrients yields energy and also provides materials that form
structures and working parts of body tissues?

(A) proteins
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(B) vitamins

(C) fats
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(D) proteins

Answer : (D)

7. Which of the following nutrients is energy-yielding?
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(A) carbohydrates

(B) vitamins
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(C) water

(D) minerals

Answer : (A)
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8. Which of the following statements best defines an "essential" nutrient?

(A) It is necessary for good health and proper functioning of the body.

(B) It can be obtained only from the diet.
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, (D) It can be manufactured by the body itself.

Answer : (B)

9. Which of the following nutrients is the most energy-rich?

(A) fat

(B) protein

(C) minerals

(D) carbohydrate

Answer : (A)

10. Which of the following units do food scientists use to measure food energy?

(A) units of mass
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(B) kilocalories

(C) kilograms

(D) grams
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Answer : (B)

11. Which of the following characteristics applies to alcohol?

(A) It contributes no Calories.
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(B) It interferes with repair of body tissues.

(C) It is a nutrient.
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(D) It is non-toxic to the body.

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12. How many Calories are there in 1 gram of carbohydrate or protein?

(A) 2

(B) 4
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Publisher: 2022 ISBN: 9780357727614 Edition: Unknown

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