HNSC 1210 - Unit 1 Questions With Complete Solutions

define health correct answer: the state of a human that functions optimally without evidence of disease of abnormality what are the 3 things that nutrition is a study of? correct answer: 1. nutrients in food 2. how nutrients are used in the body 3. human behaviors related to food the foods and beverages a person eats and drinks is? correct answer: diet what influences long term health and genetics? correct answer: diet define food correct answer: any substance that the body can take in and assimilate that will enable it to stay alive and healthy long duration, ______ disease characterized by damage of body organs. what does this define? correct answer: degenerative; chronic disease what are 5 examples of chronic diseases? correct answer: diabetes, heart disease, some cancers, dental disease, adult bone loss what do chronic disease have a connection to, but are not dependent on? what else could it be dependent on? correct answer: poor diet, genetics & lifestyle the science of how nutrients affect the activities of genes and how genes affect the activity of nutrients is? correct answer: nutritional genomics nutrients are components in food that are ______ (essential) to the functioning of the body correct answer: indispensable