Nutrition & Diet Therapy: Exam 1 (Chapter 1)
Questions with Correct Answers
What Drives Our Food Choices? Correct Answer-We need to eat and
drink to live.
We get fuel from chemical compounds known as Correct Answer-
nutrients.
What are the six classes of nutrients? Correct Answer-- Carbohydrates
- fats
-protein
-vitamins
-minerals
-water
What works to provide energy, growth, and maintenance, and to
maintain body processes? Correct Answer-Nutrients
What provides energy in the form of kilocalories? Correct Answer--
Carbohydrates
- fats
- proteins
, What helps regulate body processes, including metabolism? Correct
Answer-Vitamins and minerals
Foods also provide _________ that help ________. Correct Answer--
non-nutrient compounds
- maintain and repair the body.
What are some factors that affect our daily food choices? Correct
Answer-1) Taste and culture
2) Social reasons and trends
3) Cost, time, and convenience
4) Habits and emotions
The science that studies how the nutrients and compounds in foods
nourish you, help you function, and affect your health. Correct Answer-
nutrition.
You are a product of what Correct Answer-you eat, what you don't eat,
or what you may eat too much of.
A chronic deficiency will affect your body's Correct Answer-ability to
function in the short term.
Chronic deficiencies, excesses, and imbalances can Correct Answer-
affect long-term health.
Questions with Correct Answers
What Drives Our Food Choices? Correct Answer-We need to eat and
drink to live.
We get fuel from chemical compounds known as Correct Answer-
nutrients.
What are the six classes of nutrients? Correct Answer-- Carbohydrates
- fats
-protein
-vitamins
-minerals
-water
What works to provide energy, growth, and maintenance, and to
maintain body processes? Correct Answer-Nutrients
What provides energy in the form of kilocalories? Correct Answer--
Carbohydrates
- fats
- proteins
, What helps regulate body processes, including metabolism? Correct
Answer-Vitamins and minerals
Foods also provide _________ that help ________. Correct Answer--
non-nutrient compounds
- maintain and repair the body.
What are some factors that affect our daily food choices? Correct
Answer-1) Taste and culture
2) Social reasons and trends
3) Cost, time, and convenience
4) Habits and emotions
The science that studies how the nutrients and compounds in foods
nourish you, help you function, and affect your health. Correct Answer-
nutrition.
You are a product of what Correct Answer-you eat, what you don't eat,
or what you may eat too much of.
A chronic deficiency will affect your body's Correct Answer-ability to
function in the short term.
Chronic deficiencies, excesses, and imbalances can Correct Answer-
affect long-term health.
