Jersey College Nutrition - Chapter 1
questions with answers
Nutrition - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the science of food and how food nourishes
our body & influences our health
Wellness - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔multidimensional, active process by which
people make choices to enhance their lives
heart disease, stroke, and diabetes - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Three chronic
diseases strongly associated with poor nutrition
obesity - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔primary link between poor nutrition and
mortality
nutrients - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔chemicals in foods that are critical to human
growth and function
food - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the plants and animals we consume
chronic diseases - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔diseases that come on slowly and can
persist for years, often despite treatment
Wellness - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔absence of disease
, True - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔TRUE or FALSE: Poor nutrition is associated with
chronic diseases: heart disease, stroke, and diabetes.
Nutrients - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔chemicals found in foods that are critical to
human growth and function
Macronutrients - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔nutrients that are body need in large
amounts to support normal function and health
Micronutrients - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Nutrients needed in relatively small
amounts to support normal health and body functions.
True - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔TRUE or FALSE: Vitamins and minerals are
micronutrients.
kilocalorie (kcal) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A thousand calories; the amount of
heat energy required to raise the temperature of 1 kg of water by 1°C.
organic - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a substance or nutrient that contains the
elements C and H
Inorganic - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a substance or nutrient that does not contain
carbon and hydrogen
carbohydrates - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔primary energy source for the body,
composed of CHO chain, can supply 4kcal/gram
questions with answers
Nutrition - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the science of food and how food nourishes
our body & influences our health
Wellness - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔multidimensional, active process by which
people make choices to enhance their lives
heart disease, stroke, and diabetes - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Three chronic
diseases strongly associated with poor nutrition
obesity - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔primary link between poor nutrition and
mortality
nutrients - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔chemicals in foods that are critical to human
growth and function
food - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the plants and animals we consume
chronic diseases - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔diseases that come on slowly and can
persist for years, often despite treatment
Wellness - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔absence of disease
, True - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔TRUE or FALSE: Poor nutrition is associated with
chronic diseases: heart disease, stroke, and diabetes.
Nutrients - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔chemicals found in foods that are critical to
human growth and function
Macronutrients - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔nutrients that are body need in large
amounts to support normal function and health
Micronutrients - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Nutrients needed in relatively small
amounts to support normal health and body functions.
True - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔TRUE or FALSE: Vitamins and minerals are
micronutrients.
kilocalorie (kcal) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A thousand calories; the amount of
heat energy required to raise the temperature of 1 kg of water by 1°C.
organic - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a substance or nutrient that contains the
elements C and H
Inorganic - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a substance or nutrient that does not contain
carbon and hydrogen
carbohydrates - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔primary energy source for the body,
composed of CHO chain, can supply 4kcal/gram
