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1. Nutrition Sum of all processes involved in taking in nutrients and using them to
maintain body tissue and provide energy
2. Nutrition standards Guidelines describing how good dietary habits can promote health and
reduce risk for major chronic diseases
3. How much should 2.5hr moderate aerobic
you exercise a week
per USDA?
4. What can high fat HTN, obesity, high cholesterol (hyperlipidemia), CAD
and high sodium
cause?
5. MyPlate Fruits, vegetables, grains, protein and dairy (each meal)
6. Dietary reference in- set of nutrient-based values that serve for both assessing and planning diets.
take (DRI) used to be RDAs
7. recommended in 6oz
take for grains
8. recommended in- 1 1/2 cups
take for fruits
9. recommended in- 5oz
take for protein
10. recommended in- 2 1/2 cups
take for veggies
11. empty calories foods that supply a lot of calories, but little to no value
12. nutrient dense (full of)
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opposite of empty
calories
13. nutrient a chemical compound or element found in food that is necessary for good
health
14. essential nutrient nutrients that the body cannot make on its own for good health. need to
obtain through diet or other sources.
15. 6 classes of essential carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, minerals and water
nutrients
16. 3 major functions of providing energy, building and repairing tissue, and regulating body
nutrients include... processes
17. kilocalorie measurement of energy
18. 3 essential nutrients carbohydrates, fats, and proteins
that provide energy
19. ascorbic acid vitamin C
20. what provides carbs and protein
4kcal/g of energy?
21. what provides fats
9kcal/g of energy?
22. caloric distribution of percentages of kcals recommended
diet
23. how much kcals of 45-65%
carbs should you
have a day?
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24. how much kcals of 20-35%
fat should you have a
day?
25. how much kcals of 10-35%
protein should you
have a day?
26. what plays the protein
biggest role in build-
ing and repairing tis-
sue
27. what are necessary calcium and phosphorus
nutrients in bone
structure
28. what makes up a iron
large part of hemo-
globin in RBCs
29. where is fat found in all cell walls
30. metabolism the combinations of all chemical processes that take place in living organ-
isms
building up and breaking down tissues
31. what is necessary for b vitamins
the body to derive
energy from foods
32. carbohydrates (CHO) organic compounds containing carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen
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1. Nutrition Sum of all processes involved in taking in nutrients and using them to
maintain body tissue and provide energy
2. Nutrition standards Guidelines describing how good dietary habits can promote health and
reduce risk for major chronic diseases
3. How much should 2.5hr moderate aerobic
you exercise a week
per USDA?
4. What can high fat HTN, obesity, high cholesterol (hyperlipidemia), CAD
and high sodium
cause?
5. MyPlate Fruits, vegetables, grains, protein and dairy (each meal)
6. Dietary reference in- set of nutrient-based values that serve for both assessing and planning diets.
take (DRI) used to be RDAs
7. recommended in 6oz
take for grains
8. recommended in- 1 1/2 cups
take for fruits
9. recommended in- 5oz
take for protein
10. recommended in- 2 1/2 cups
take for veggies
11. empty calories foods that supply a lot of calories, but little to no value
12. nutrient dense (full of)
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opposite of empty
calories
13. nutrient a chemical compound or element found in food that is necessary for good
health
14. essential nutrient nutrients that the body cannot make on its own for good health. need to
obtain through diet or other sources.
15. 6 classes of essential carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, minerals and water
nutrients
16. 3 major functions of providing energy, building and repairing tissue, and regulating body
nutrients include... processes
17. kilocalorie measurement of energy
18. 3 essential nutrients carbohydrates, fats, and proteins
that provide energy
19. ascorbic acid vitamin C
20. what provides carbs and protein
4kcal/g of energy?
21. what provides fats
9kcal/g of energy?
22. caloric distribution of percentages of kcals recommended
diet
23. how much kcals of 45-65%
carbs should you
have a day?
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24. how much kcals of 20-35%
fat should you have a
day?
25. how much kcals of 10-35%
protein should you
have a day?
26. what plays the protein
biggest role in build-
ing and repairing tis-
sue
27. what are necessary calcium and phosphorus
nutrients in bone
structure
28. what makes up a iron
large part of hemo-
globin in RBCs
29. where is fat found in all cell walls
30. metabolism the combinations of all chemical processes that take place in living organ-
isms
building up and breaking down tissues
31. what is necessary for b vitamins
the body to derive
energy from foods
32. carbohydrates (CHO) organic compounds containing carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen
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