STUDY GUIDE FOR MODULE 1 (BIOD 121) NUTRITION PORTAGE EXAM

STUDY GUIDE FOR MODULE 1 (BIOD 121) NUTRITION PORTAGE EXAM 2023- 2024 physical health - CORRECT ANSWER-body's ability to perform daily functions for survival intellectual health emotional health - the ability to express or suppress emotion social health - ability to interact with others spiritual health - purpose for human existence, cultural practices - CORRECT ANSWER-the cognitive ability to learn and adapt emotional health social health - ability to interact with others spiritual health - purpose for human existence, cultural practices - CORRECT ANSWER-the ability to express or suppress emotion social health - CORRECT ANSWER-ability to interact with others spiritual health - CORRECT ANSWER-purpose for human existence, cultural practices what is nutrition? - CORRECT ANSWER-the science that links foods to health and disease what processes does nutrition include? - CORRECT ANSWER-ingestion, digestion, absorption, transport, excretion when is nutrition important? - CORRECT ANSWER-conception to death what is the difference between food and nutrients? - CORRECT ANSWER-food provides energy in terms of calories while nutrients are substances in food Science of Nutrition - CORRECT ANSWER-the study of the nutrients in food and the body's handling of them provides information to consumers Why do we get hungry? - CORRECT ANSWER-Hormones impact hunger Ghrelin - CORRECT ANSWER---increases hunger --when traveling to the brain, it stimulates the hunger center as it deactivates the satiety center --produced by stomach Leptin - CORRECT ANSWER---decreases hunger --alerts the brain to turn off the hunger center and activates the satiety center --produced in adipose cells which hormone would obese individuals most likely have higher levels of than their peers? - CORRECT ANSWER-Leptin Roles of leptin and ghrelin - CORRECT ANSWER-Ghrelin: signals brain to take in food, increases appetite Leptin: signals brain to decrease level of hunger and food intake --- balance hunger and satiet