NUTRITION: AN APPLIED APPROACH QUESTIONS WITH
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WELL VERIFIED ANSWERS AND ALL TOPICS
## Comprehensive Questions & Answers by Topic
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# TOPIC 1: BASIC PRINCIPLES OF NUTRITION
### 1. What is nutrition?
A. The process of digesting only carbohydrates
B. The study of how nutrients and food affect health and body function
C. The production of medications
D. The process of eliminating waste
**Answer: B**
**Explanation:** Nutrition examines how food, nutrients, and other dietary components affect
growth, maintenance, health, and disease.
### 2. Which is considered a macronutrient?
A. Vitamin C
B. Iron
,C. Carbohydrate
D. Calcium
**Answer: C**
**Explanation:** Carbohydrates, proteins, and fats are macronutrients because the body
requires them in relatively large amounts.
### 3. Which nutrient provides the most energy per gram?
A. Carbohydrate
B. Protein
C. Fat
D. Water
**Answer: C**
**Explanation:** Fat provides approximately 9 kcal/g, while carbohydrate and protein provide
approximately 4 kcal/g.
### 4. Which nutrients provide energy?
A. Vitamins and minerals
B. Carbohydrates, proteins, and fats
C. Water and minerals
D. Vitamins and water
,**Answer: B**
### 5. Which nutrient is required in the greatest quantity by the human body?
A. Water
B. Vitamin B12
C. Iron
D. Vitamin C
**Answer: A**
**Explanation:** Water is essential for virtually every physiological process.
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# TOPIC 2: CARBOHYDRATES
### 6. What is the body's primary source of energy?
A. Protein
B. Carbohydrate
C. Vitamins
D. Minerals
**Answer: B**
, ### 7. Which is a monosaccharide?
A. Lactose
B. Sucrose
C. Glucose
D. Starch
**Answer: C**
### 8. Which two monosaccharides make up sucrose?
A. Glucose + glucose
B. Glucose + fructose
C. Glucose + galactose
D. Fructose + galactose
**Answer: B**
### 9. Which carbohydrate is commonly known as milk sugar?
A. Sucrose
B. Maltose
C. Lactose
D. Fructose
**Answer: C**
#
WELL VERIFIED ANSWERS AND ALL TOPICS
## Comprehensive Questions & Answers by Topic
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# TOPIC 1: BASIC PRINCIPLES OF NUTRITION
### 1. What is nutrition?
A. The process of digesting only carbohydrates
B. The study of how nutrients and food affect health and body function
C. The production of medications
D. The process of eliminating waste
**Answer: B**
**Explanation:** Nutrition examines how food, nutrients, and other dietary components affect
growth, maintenance, health, and disease.
### 2. Which is considered a macronutrient?
A. Vitamin C
B. Iron
,C. Carbohydrate
D. Calcium
**Answer: C**
**Explanation:** Carbohydrates, proteins, and fats are macronutrients because the body
requires them in relatively large amounts.
### 3. Which nutrient provides the most energy per gram?
A. Carbohydrate
B. Protein
C. Fat
D. Water
**Answer: C**
**Explanation:** Fat provides approximately 9 kcal/g, while carbohydrate and protein provide
approximately 4 kcal/g.
### 4. Which nutrients provide energy?
A. Vitamins and minerals
B. Carbohydrates, proteins, and fats
C. Water and minerals
D. Vitamins and water
,**Answer: B**
### 5. Which nutrient is required in the greatest quantity by the human body?
A. Water
B. Vitamin B12
C. Iron
D. Vitamin C
**Answer: A**
**Explanation:** Water is essential for virtually every physiological process.
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# TOPIC 2: CARBOHYDRATES
### 6. What is the body's primary source of energy?
A. Protein
B. Carbohydrate
C. Vitamins
D. Minerals
**Answer: B**
, ### 7. Which is a monosaccharide?
A. Lactose
B. Sucrose
C. Glucose
D. Starch
**Answer: C**
### 8. Which two monosaccharides make up sucrose?
A. Glucose + glucose
B. Glucose + fructose
C. Glucose + galactose
D. Fructose + galactose
**Answer: B**
### 9. Which carbohydrate is commonly known as milk sugar?
A. Sucrose
B. Maltose
C. Lactose
D. Fructose
**Answer: C**
