Portage Learning Nutrition Module 1
Exam 2025 Questions and Answers
Nutrition - --ANSWER--the science that links foods to health and disease.
It includes the processes by which humans ingest, digest, absorb, transport, and
excrete food substances.
Physical Health - --ANSWER--body's ability to perform daily functions for
survival
Intellectual Health - --ANSWER--The cognitive ability to learn and adapt
Emotional Health - --ANSWER--The ability to express or suppress emotion
Social Health - --ANSWER--The ability to interact with others
Spiritual Health - --ANSWER--Purpose for human existence, cultural practices
Food - --ANSWER--Provides energy in terms of calories
Nutrients - --ANSWER--Substances found in food that provide the materials for
building and maintaining our bodies and regulating of key metabolic processes that
sustain life
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, Hunger - --ANSWER--The internal drive often experienced as a negative sensation
such as churning, growling, or a painful sensation in the stomach
Appetite - --ANSWER--The external drive often related to pleasant sensations
associated with food and can lead us to eat even if we are not hungry
Satiety - --ANSWER--The feeling of being full
Hypothalamus - --ANSWER--The region of the brain that plays a role in hunger as
well the feeling of being full
gastrointestinal (GI) tract - --ANSWER--the main site in the body used for
digestion and absorption of nutrients.
The GI tract also contributes to the feeling of satiety.
The GI tract consists of the mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large
intestine, rectum, and anus
Hormones - --ANSWER--compounds secreted into the bloodstream by one type
of cell that acts to control the function of another type of cell.
Hormones that increase hunger - --ANSWER--ghrelin, endorphins, neuropeptide-
Y
Hormones that decrease hunger (cause satiety) - --ANSWER--leptin, serotonin,
cholecystokinin (CCK)
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Exam 2025 Questions and Answers
Nutrition - --ANSWER--the science that links foods to health and disease.
It includes the processes by which humans ingest, digest, absorb, transport, and
excrete food substances.
Physical Health - --ANSWER--body's ability to perform daily functions for
survival
Intellectual Health - --ANSWER--The cognitive ability to learn and adapt
Emotional Health - --ANSWER--The ability to express or suppress emotion
Social Health - --ANSWER--The ability to interact with others
Spiritual Health - --ANSWER--Purpose for human existence, cultural practices
Food - --ANSWER--Provides energy in terms of calories
Nutrients - --ANSWER--Substances found in food that provide the materials for
building and maintaining our bodies and regulating of key metabolic processes that
sustain life
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, Hunger - --ANSWER--The internal drive often experienced as a negative sensation
such as churning, growling, or a painful sensation in the stomach
Appetite - --ANSWER--The external drive often related to pleasant sensations
associated with food and can lead us to eat even if we are not hungry
Satiety - --ANSWER--The feeling of being full
Hypothalamus - --ANSWER--The region of the brain that plays a role in hunger as
well the feeling of being full
gastrointestinal (GI) tract - --ANSWER--the main site in the body used for
digestion and absorption of nutrients.
The GI tract also contributes to the feeling of satiety.
The GI tract consists of the mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large
intestine, rectum, and anus
Hormones - --ANSWER--compounds secreted into the bloodstream by one type
of cell that acts to control the function of another type of cell.
Hormones that increase hunger - --ANSWER--ghrelin, endorphins, neuropeptide-
Y
Hormones that decrease hunger (cause satiety) - --ANSWER--leptin, serotonin,
cholecystokinin (CCK)
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