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Understanding Nutrition – Chapter 2: Planning a Healthy Diet (Whitney & Rolfes)

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Explore Chapter 2 of Understanding Nutrition by Whitney & Rolfes, focusing on how to plan a balanced and nutritious diet. Learn about the Dietary Guidelines, food group recommendations, MyPlate, nutrient density, and how to interpret food labels for better health decisions. Perfect for students, dietetics majors, and anyone interested in foundational nutrition principles.

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Understanding Nutrition Whitney
Rolfes Chapter 2


Diet Planning Principles - correct answer <<<<<<<<<<<Adequacy

Balance

kCalories control

Nutrient Density

Moderation

Variety



adequacy (dietary) - correct answer <<<<<<<<<<<providing all of the essential nutrients, fiber, and
energy in amounts sufficient to maintain health



Balance - correct answer <<<<<<<<<<<the art of balancing the diet involves consuming enough but not
too much-of each type of food



meat, fish and poultry are rich in____ but poor in _____ - correct answer <<<<<<<<<<<iron, calcium



milk is rich in _____ but poor in _____ - correct answer <<<<<<<<<<<calcium, iron



one key to kCalorie control is - correct answer <<<<<<<<<<<selecting foods with high nutrient density



foods that are notably low in nutrient density are often called - correct answer <<<<<<<<<<<empty-
kcalories foods



nutrient profiling is - correct answer <<<<<<<<<<<ranking foods based on their overall nutrient
composition

, nutrient density - correct answer <<<<<<<<<<<the measure of the nutrients a food provides relative to
the energy it provides. The more nutrients and fewer kcalories the higher the density



kcalorie control - correct answer <<<<<<<<<<<management of food energy intake



moderation (dietary) - correct answer <<<<<<<<<<<providing enough but not to much of a substance



variety - correct answer <<<<<<<<<<<eating a wide selection of foods within and among the major food
groups



Dietary Guidelines for Americans - correct answer <<<<<<<<<<<provide science-based advice to
promote health and reduce risk of disease through diet and physical activity



Five food groups - correct answer <<<<<<<<<<<fruits

vegetables

meat and legumes

milk

grains



food group plans - correct answer <<<<<<<<<<<diet based planning tools that sort foods into groups
based on nutrient content and specify that people should eat certain amounts from each group



legumes - correct answer <<<<<<<<<<<plants of the bean and pea family, with seeds that are rich in
protein compared with other plant derived foods



USDA Food groups sort vegetables into ____ sub categories - correct answer <<<<<<<<<<<five sub
categories



USDA Vegetable sub categories - correct answer <<<<<<<<<<<dark green=deliver vitamin B folate

orange and deep yellow= vitamin A

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