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1. What is the difference between hunger and appetite?: Hunger: Internal drive
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that prompts negative sensations for us to find food and eat
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Appetite:External drive that is a positive sensation;a desire to consume specific foods.
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2. List two examples of Cognitive external forces that can influence eating habits
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and comment on your personal experience with each of them.: Habits, Comfort foo
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ds, Advertising, Social Factors, NutritionalValue
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3. 1. is the internal drive to find and eat food. Often experi-
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2.negative
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4. Vitamins are considered both: f f f
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5. Define macronutrients: nutrients needed in large amounts in the body
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6. If a fudge brownie has 14 grams of carbohydrates, 2 gram of protein and 9 gram
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s of fat. How many calories are in the brownie?: 14 x 4 = 56
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2x 4=8
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9 x 9 = 81
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,56 + 8 + 81 = 145 calories
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7. The current recommendation to maintain your body weight is 2000 calories dail
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y.You should not consume any more than 65% of your calories from car-
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f bohydrates.How many grams of carbohydrates should you eat in a day?: 325 gra
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ms
(2000 x .65 = 1300) f f f f
1300 calories / 4 = 325 grams of carbs
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8. 1. The state of f f f
nutrition can be achieved by eating a variety of foods which provide all the e
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ssential nutrients. f
2. Malnutrition can either be a nutritional state of
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2.A.over B.under
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,9. An individual's health can be assessed using the ABCDEs of nutritional
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assessment. Give a brief description of what A stands for.:Anthropometrics- f f f f f f f f f f
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10. According to MyPlate, what types of food should we increase in our diet f f f f f f f f f f f f
?: fruits, vegetables, whole grains, low fat dairy
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11. Based on the nutritional label shown below,how many calories would you con
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sume if you ate the entire container of macaroni and cheese?:250calories per servi
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ng x 2 servings per container = 500 calories
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12. Specific parts of the GI tract include the f f f f f f f (A)
, esophagus, stomach,
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, large intestine and rectum. Other organs such as the liver,
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and pancreas aid in digestion but are not considered part of the GI tract.: A.m
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C. gallbladder
13. Explain the cause and symptoms of heartburn.: Heartburn is a burning sensat
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ion in the esophagus due to an improper closing of a sphincter that allows stomach aci
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ds to enter into the esophagus.
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14. Sphincters play an important role in the GI tract. Name two sphincters discu f f f f f f f f f f f f
ssed in the module and using your own words, briefly describe their functions:
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The esophageal sphincter prevents the contents of the stomach from reentering the e
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sophagus.
Thepyloricsphinctercontrolsthereleaseofchymeintothesmallintestinesfromthe stoma
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, Theileocecalsphincterpreventsthecontentsofthelargeintestinefromenteringthe small
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intestine.
15. Define the role of enzymes in digestion.
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Are enzymes an example of the chemical or mechanical process of diges-
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f tion?: Enzymes role is to breakdown food particles into smaller parts and readies the nu
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trients for absorption.Enzymes are an example of chemical digestion.
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16. Carbohydrates can be classified as monosaccharides, disaccharides, p
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olysaccharides and fiber. Match the following with the descriptions.
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a. Monosaccharides
b. Disaccharides
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d. Soluble Fiber f
e. Functional Fiber f
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