Diet choices chosen by - Answers emotional, environmental, religious, ethnic and situational
events
Six nutrient classes - Answers water, mineral, vitamin, carbohydrate, protein, fat
functional foods - Answers whole, modified or fortified; provide health benefits beyond their
nutrients
phytochemicals - Answers nonnutrients found in plants, some do stuff in the body
organic nutrients - Answers carbohydrates, proteins, fats and vitamins
inorganic nutrients - Answers water and minerals
energy-yielding nutrients and macronutrients - Answers carbohydrate, fat and protein
micronutrients - Answers water, vitamins and minerals
Nutritional genomics - Answers integrates nutrition, human genome and molecular biology
anecdote - Answers info based on personal experience
epidemiological study - Answers cross-sectional, case-control and cohort designs
laboratory-based studies - Answers animal studies and laboratory-based in vitro studies
clinical trials - Answers human intervention/clinical
positive correlation - Answers as one variable increases so does the other
negative correlation - Answers as one variable decreases so does the other
peer review - Answers used to evaluate the procedures used and the conclusions drawn from a
study
validity - Answers conclusions supported by the findings of a study
replication - Answers used to confirm or disprove findings
Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI) - Answers used to plan and evaluate diets for healthy people
Estimated Average Requiremet (EAR) - Answers requirement of a nutrient that supports half the
healthy population
Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) - Answers uses the average as a base and includes
sufficient daily amounts of nutrients to meet the known needs of practically all healthy
populations. considers deficiencies
, Adequate Intakes (AI) - Answers average daily amount of a nutrient that doesn't have scientific
facts backing it
Tolerable Upper Intake Level (UL) - Answers max daily amount of a nutrient that appears safe
for most healthy people and beyond this there is a risk of adverse health effects
Estimated Energy Requirements (EER) - Answers ave daily energy intake to maintain energy
balance and good health for population groups
Acceptable Macronutrient Distribution Range (AMDR) - Answers represents the range of intakes
for energy nutrients that provide adequate energy and nutrients and reduce risk of chronic
disease
Make nutrient recommendations - Answers Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) and World
Health Organization (WHO)
Essential nutrient - Answers must be obtained from an outside source
Carbohydrate and Protein energy yield - Answers 4 kcal/g
Fat energy yield - Answers 9 kcal/g
Alcohol - Answers provides energy but not considered a nutrient because it doesn't support the
growth, maintenance and repair of the body
Correlational but not causal - Answers variables are linked but they don't have a mechanism that
makes one affect the other
Science of nutrition - Answers study of the nutrients in foods and the body's handling of those
nutrients
All nutrients with an RDA - Answers must have an EAR
RDA - Answers carbs, protein, vitamin B12, Vitamin C, vitamin A, mg, fe, zn, cu
AI - Answers water, total fiber, total fat, linoleic acid, linolenic acid, vitamin D, vitamin K, na, cl, k,
ca
Adequate nutrients - Answers consume foods from all food groups and have a balanced diet
weight management - Answers maintain a healthy body weight and prevent weight gain
physical activity - Answers increase energy expenditure and decrease sedentary activities
food groups to encourage - Answers fruits, vegetables, milk and milk products, and whole grains
limit which fat - Answers saturated and trans