UNH NUTR 400 Exam 1 Questions and
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Top Two Causes of Death - ✔✔Heart Disease and Cancer
Obesity - ✔✔Body mass index of 30kg/m^2 or higher
Reasons for growing Obesity - ✔✔Cheap food/easy access/processed/income/lifestyle
Malnutrition - ✔✔Individual either not getting enough or getting too much calories or
other nutrients
Primary Malnutrition - ✔✔Simply getting too much or not enough of a nutrient
Secondary Malnutrition - ✔✔When someone has a kind of illness or disease, and cannot
properly process nutrients
Gene - ✔✔Basic unit of heredity; directs growth, development of body
Risk Factor - ✔✔Increase chance of developing a disease
Hunger - ✔✔Physical need for food
Appetite - ✔✔Desire to eat or reject food
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, Nutrition - ✔✔The science of how humans obtain/use food
Three basic functions of Nutrients - ✔✔Regulate body processes, contribute to cell and
body structure, supply energy
Six groups of nutrients - ✔✔Protein, Lipids, Water, Minerals, Vitamins, Carbohydrates
Macronutrient - ✔✔Need to consume lots of nutrient
Micronutrient - ✔✔Only need little amounts of nutrient
Carbohydrates - ✔✔Primary source of energy for the body
Protein - ✔✔supports tissue growth, repair and maintenance
Lipids - ✔✔Major form of stored energy
Vitamins - ✔✔Regulate physiological processes, fat and water soluble
Minerals - ✔✔Regulate physiological processes, Major and trace
Water - ✔✔Need in larger quantities than any other nutrient
Scientific Method - ✔✔Observations, hypothesis, design experiment, evaluate findings,
follow-up experiment, accept/reject hypothesis
Cause and Effect - ✔✔causality/directly
Correlation - ✔✔Relationship/association
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Answers 100% Pass
Top Two Causes of Death - ✔✔Heart Disease and Cancer
Obesity - ✔✔Body mass index of 30kg/m^2 or higher
Reasons for growing Obesity - ✔✔Cheap food/easy access/processed/income/lifestyle
Malnutrition - ✔✔Individual either not getting enough or getting too much calories or
other nutrients
Primary Malnutrition - ✔✔Simply getting too much or not enough of a nutrient
Secondary Malnutrition - ✔✔When someone has a kind of illness or disease, and cannot
properly process nutrients
Gene - ✔✔Basic unit of heredity; directs growth, development of body
Risk Factor - ✔✔Increase chance of developing a disease
Hunger - ✔✔Physical need for food
Appetite - ✔✔Desire to eat or reject food
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, Nutrition - ✔✔The science of how humans obtain/use food
Three basic functions of Nutrients - ✔✔Regulate body processes, contribute to cell and
body structure, supply energy
Six groups of nutrients - ✔✔Protein, Lipids, Water, Minerals, Vitamins, Carbohydrates
Macronutrient - ✔✔Need to consume lots of nutrient
Micronutrient - ✔✔Only need little amounts of nutrient
Carbohydrates - ✔✔Primary source of energy for the body
Protein - ✔✔supports tissue growth, repair and maintenance
Lipids - ✔✔Major form of stored energy
Vitamins - ✔✔Regulate physiological processes, fat and water soluble
Minerals - ✔✔Regulate physiological processes, Major and trace
Water - ✔✔Need in larger quantities than any other nutrient
Scientific Method - ✔✔Observations, hypothesis, design experiment, evaluate findings,
follow-up experiment, accept/reject hypothesis
Cause and Effect - ✔✔causality/directly
Correlation - ✔✔Relationship/association
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