HUN 2201 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Carbohydrates
Proteins
Lipids
Vitamins
Minerals
Water - Answer -What are the 6 major classes of nutrients?
Humans, guinea pigs, rhesus monkeys - Answer -What three species require vitamin C
in their diet?
It can mean whatever the manufacturer wants it to mean - Answer -What does the term
natural on food labels mean?
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) - Answer -Who is responsible for making sure that
food is safe/wholesome and that products are labeled truthfully?
Food - Answer -Dietary supplements are considered ____________.
Intended to supplement the diet
Contains one or more dietary ingredients or their constituents
Intended to be taken by mouth as a pill, capsule, tablet, or liquid
Labeled on the front panel as being a dietary supplement - Answer -As defined by
Congress in the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA), a dietary
supplement is a product that does what four things?
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) - Answer -Who is the jurisdiction over advertising
and marketing of foods, non-prescription drugs, medical devices, and health care
services?
Media: lack of context
Internet: inaccuracy
Industry: testimonials
Friends, family, culture: instilled values - Answer -What are four sources of food and
nutrition misinformation and why aren't they reliable?
Recommendations that promise a quick fix.
Dire warnings of danger from a single product or regimen.
Claims that sound too good to be true.
Elimination of USDA food groups (dairy, grains, protein, fruits, vegetables)
Recommendations based on a single study.
Dramatic statements that are refuted by reputable scientific organizations or refutes the
"super majority" (supermajority is > ⅔) of research findings.
Lists of "good" and "bad" foods.
, Recommendations made to help sell a product to make a profit.
Recommendations made from individuals without proper credentials and/or formal
training in nutritional sciences.
Recommendations based on testimonials or "hearsay". - Answer -What are 10 red flags
of Junk Science?
www.cancer.org
www.diabetes.org
www.heart.org/HEARTORG - Answer -What are the three sites that Dr. Mobley wants
us to know?
Look for addresses ending in .edu or .gov or .org but never .com because it is
commercial - Answer -When looking if sites are reliable, what do you search for?
Observational and experimental - Answer -What are the two major types of research?
No active intervention by investigators
Used to explore relationships between conditions and outcomes
Only suggest associations
DOES NOT indicate cause and effect
Information collected may be subject to inaccuracies and bias
Often unknown if the disease preceded the exposure or vice versa - Answer -What are
some characteristics of an observational study?
Case control
Cross-sectional
Cohort - Answer -What are three types of observational studies?
Goiter and Iodide in salt - Answer -What was the example used for case control
studies?
Mediterranean vs. American diet (fat/heart disease) - Answer -What was the example
used for cross-sectional studies?
Framingham heart study - Answer -What was the example used for cohort studies?
Case control study - Answer -What is a study that compares patients who have a
disease or outcome of interest (cases) with patients who do not have the disease or
outcome (controls), and looks back retrospectively to compare how frequently the
exposure to a risk factor is present in each group to determine the relationship between
the risk factor and the disease?
Cross-sectional study - Answer -What is a study in which a representative cross section
of the population is tested or surveyed at one specific time?
Carbohydrates
Proteins
Lipids
Vitamins
Minerals
Water - Answer -What are the 6 major classes of nutrients?
Humans, guinea pigs, rhesus monkeys - Answer -What three species require vitamin C
in their diet?
It can mean whatever the manufacturer wants it to mean - Answer -What does the term
natural on food labels mean?
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) - Answer -Who is responsible for making sure that
food is safe/wholesome and that products are labeled truthfully?
Food - Answer -Dietary supplements are considered ____________.
Intended to supplement the diet
Contains one or more dietary ingredients or their constituents
Intended to be taken by mouth as a pill, capsule, tablet, or liquid
Labeled on the front panel as being a dietary supplement - Answer -As defined by
Congress in the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA), a dietary
supplement is a product that does what four things?
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) - Answer -Who is the jurisdiction over advertising
and marketing of foods, non-prescription drugs, medical devices, and health care
services?
Media: lack of context
Internet: inaccuracy
Industry: testimonials
Friends, family, culture: instilled values - Answer -What are four sources of food and
nutrition misinformation and why aren't they reliable?
Recommendations that promise a quick fix.
Dire warnings of danger from a single product or regimen.
Claims that sound too good to be true.
Elimination of USDA food groups (dairy, grains, protein, fruits, vegetables)
Recommendations based on a single study.
Dramatic statements that are refuted by reputable scientific organizations or refutes the
"super majority" (supermajority is > ⅔) of research findings.
Lists of "good" and "bad" foods.
, Recommendations made to help sell a product to make a profit.
Recommendations made from individuals without proper credentials and/or formal
training in nutritional sciences.
Recommendations based on testimonials or "hearsay". - Answer -What are 10 red flags
of Junk Science?
www.cancer.org
www.diabetes.org
www.heart.org/HEARTORG - Answer -What are the three sites that Dr. Mobley wants
us to know?
Look for addresses ending in .edu or .gov or .org but never .com because it is
commercial - Answer -When looking if sites are reliable, what do you search for?
Observational and experimental - Answer -What are the two major types of research?
No active intervention by investigators
Used to explore relationships between conditions and outcomes
Only suggest associations
DOES NOT indicate cause and effect
Information collected may be subject to inaccuracies and bias
Often unknown if the disease preceded the exposure or vice versa - Answer -What are
some characteristics of an observational study?
Case control
Cross-sectional
Cohort - Answer -What are three types of observational studies?
Goiter and Iodide in salt - Answer -What was the example used for case control
studies?
Mediterranean vs. American diet (fat/heart disease) - Answer -What was the example
used for cross-sectional studies?
Framingham heart study - Answer -What was the example used for cohort studies?
Case control study - Answer -What is a study that compares patients who have a
disease or outcome of interest (cases) with patients who do not have the disease or
outcome (controls), and looks back retrospectively to compare how frequently the
exposure to a risk factor is present in each group to determine the relationship between
the risk factor and the disease?
Cross-sectional study - Answer -What is a study in which a representative cross section
of the population is tested or surveyed at one specific time?
