HUMAN NUTRITION STUDY GUIDE 2025/2026 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔What is a kcal? - ✔✔The amount of heat energy it takes to raise the temperature of
1000 grams (1 liter) of water
✔✔Calculate the calories:
1 grilled chicken sandwich
46 grams- Carbohydrates
14 grams- Fats
45 grams- Protein
0 grams- Alcohol - ✔✔Answer: 490 kcal
✔✔Calculate the calories:
8-ounce pina colada
57 grams- Carbohydrates
5 grams- Fats
1 gram- Protein
23 grams- Alcohol - ✔✔Answer: 438 kcal
✔✔Calculate the calories:
2 Tbsp of chunky peanut butter
15 grams- Fats
8 grams- Carbohydrates
7 grams- Proteins - ✔✔Answer: 195 kcal
✔✔What are some important factors when determining food choices? - ✔✔- Flavor
- Texture
- Appearance
✔✔What are early influences? - ✔✔What we were introduced to as a child, various
people, places, and events
✔✔What is hunger? - ✔✔Primarily our physical, biological drive to eat and is controlled
by internal body mechanisms
✔✔What is appetite? - ✔✔Primarily our psychological drive to eat, and is affected by
many of the external food choice mechanisms such as environmental and psychological
factors and social cues
, ✔✔What is satiety? - ✔✔A state in which there is no longer a desire to eat; a feeling of
satisfaction
✔✔What are nutrients? - ✔✔Chemical substances in food that contribute to health
✔✔What is an essential nutrient? - ✔✔A substance, that when left out of diet leads to
signs of poor health
✔✔What are risk factors? - ✔✔Factors contributing to the development of disease
✔✔What does chronic mean? - ✔✔Long-standing, developing over time
✔✔What is cardiovascular disease? - ✔✔Disease of the heart an circulatory system
✔✔What is hypertension? - ✔✔A condition in which blood pressure remains persistently
elevated
✔✔What are diabetes? - ✔✔A group of diseases characterized by high glucose
✔✔What is cancer? - ✔✔A condition characterized by uncontrolled growth of abnormal
cells
✔✔What is osteoporosis? - ✔✔An induced fracture, the presence of stress
✔✔What is glucose? - ✔✔A six-carbon sugar that exists in a ring-form; found as such in
blood
✔✔What is obesity? - ✔✔Disorder involving excessive body fat that increases the risk of
health problems
✔✔What is the universal solvent? - ✔✔Water, H2O
✔✔What are the 3 leading causes of death in which diet plays a part? - ✔✔1) Stroke
2) Cancer
3) Heart-disease
✔✔Energy-yielding nutrients include: - ✔✔Carbohydrates, proteins, and fats
✔✔The essential nutrients: - ✔✔Cannot be made by the body and therefore must be
consumed to maintain health
✔✔Which nutrient classes are most important in the regulation of the body processes? -
✔✔Both vitamins and minerals
AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔What is a kcal? - ✔✔The amount of heat energy it takes to raise the temperature of
1000 grams (1 liter) of water
✔✔Calculate the calories:
1 grilled chicken sandwich
46 grams- Carbohydrates
14 grams- Fats
45 grams- Protein
0 grams- Alcohol - ✔✔Answer: 490 kcal
✔✔Calculate the calories:
8-ounce pina colada
57 grams- Carbohydrates
5 grams- Fats
1 gram- Protein
23 grams- Alcohol - ✔✔Answer: 438 kcal
✔✔Calculate the calories:
2 Tbsp of chunky peanut butter
15 grams- Fats
8 grams- Carbohydrates
7 grams- Proteins - ✔✔Answer: 195 kcal
✔✔What are some important factors when determining food choices? - ✔✔- Flavor
- Texture
- Appearance
✔✔What are early influences? - ✔✔What we were introduced to as a child, various
people, places, and events
✔✔What is hunger? - ✔✔Primarily our physical, biological drive to eat and is controlled
by internal body mechanisms
✔✔What is appetite? - ✔✔Primarily our psychological drive to eat, and is affected by
many of the external food choice mechanisms such as environmental and psychological
factors and social cues
, ✔✔What is satiety? - ✔✔A state in which there is no longer a desire to eat; a feeling of
satisfaction
✔✔What are nutrients? - ✔✔Chemical substances in food that contribute to health
✔✔What is an essential nutrient? - ✔✔A substance, that when left out of diet leads to
signs of poor health
✔✔What are risk factors? - ✔✔Factors contributing to the development of disease
✔✔What does chronic mean? - ✔✔Long-standing, developing over time
✔✔What is cardiovascular disease? - ✔✔Disease of the heart an circulatory system
✔✔What is hypertension? - ✔✔A condition in which blood pressure remains persistently
elevated
✔✔What are diabetes? - ✔✔A group of diseases characterized by high glucose
✔✔What is cancer? - ✔✔A condition characterized by uncontrolled growth of abnormal
cells
✔✔What is osteoporosis? - ✔✔An induced fracture, the presence of stress
✔✔What is glucose? - ✔✔A six-carbon sugar that exists in a ring-form; found as such in
blood
✔✔What is obesity? - ✔✔Disorder involving excessive body fat that increases the risk of
health problems
✔✔What is the universal solvent? - ✔✔Water, H2O
✔✔What are the 3 leading causes of death in which diet plays a part? - ✔✔1) Stroke
2) Cancer
3) Heart-disease
✔✔Energy-yielding nutrients include: - ✔✔Carbohydrates, proteins, and fats
✔✔The essential nutrients: - ✔✔Cannot be made by the body and therefore must be
consumed to maintain health
✔✔Which nutrient classes are most important in the regulation of the body processes? -
✔✔Both vitamins and minerals
