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NSC Exam 3 with accurate detailed answers || || || || || ||




One of the key ways to lose weight healthily is to eat: - ✔✔high-volume, low-energy-density
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foods



Which statement is true regarding basal metabolic rate (BMR)? - ✔✔It is the largest portion
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of total energy expended
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What is the primary source of energy ("energy currency") for your cells? - ✔✔ATP
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The energy expended due to physical activity accounts for the majority of our total energy
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output each day. - ✔✔False || || || ||




We measure food energy as ____. - ✔✔kcals
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What is an example of a national level confrontation of the obesity epidemic? -
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✔✔Supporting policies that improves the Healthy People Initiative. || || || || || || ||




What is an example of an individual level confrontation of the obesity epidemic? -
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✔✔Going out on walks. || || ||




A serving of food contains 15 g carbohydrate, 3 g protein, 5 g fat, 5 mg vitamin C, and 4
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ounces of water. Based on this information, a serving of this food supplies____ kcals. -
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✔✔117



Cells break down macronutrients to form __for their own energy use. - ✔✔ATP
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Nutritionists measure food energy in: - ✔✔calories || || || || || ||




Sophia consumed 1800 kcals per day on a regular basis although her energy requirements
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are 2000 kcals per day. Sophia is theoretically: - ✔✔losing 0.4 lb per week
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The unit of measure that describes the energy content of food is called a _______. -
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✔✔kilocalorie



When your daily caloric intake is less than your estimated energy requirement, you would
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expect to: - ✔✔Lose weight
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What is an example of a community level confrontation of the obesity epidemic? -
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✔✔Supporting improvements to school lunch programs. || || || || ||




Positive energy balance leads to: - ✔✔weight gain
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Biotin, vitamin D, vitamin K, and niacin can all be made by or in the body. - ✔✔True
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When vitamins are part of an enzyme complex they are ___ and when minerals are part of
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an enzyme complex they are _____. - ✔✔coenzymes, cofactors
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Which of the following does NOT have an Acceptable Macronutrient Distribution Range
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(AMDR)? - ✔✔vitamins || ||




All of the following parts of the eye are affected by vitamin A or beta carotene EXCEPT: -
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✔✔Iris

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