TEST BANK for Nutritional Foundations and
Clinical Applications | Questions and
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Guide
• nutrients -✓✓Substances in food that your body needs to grow, to repair itself,
and to supply you with energy
• types of health -✓✓-physical (maintain bodily function)
-intellectual (to learn and adapt to changes in ones environment)
-emotional (ability to express/suppress our emotions appropriately)
-social (ability to interact with people in an acceptable manner)
-spiritual (cultural beliefs that give purpose to human life)
-environmental (physical context of where one lives or works, determined by
ethnicity, education, income, occupation)
• health promotion -✓✓consists of strategies used to raise the level of the health of
individuals, families, groups, and communities
• primary prevention -✓✓activities that avert the initial development of disease or
poor health
• tertiary prevention -✓✓occurs after a disorder develops. The purpose is to
minimize further complications or to assist in the restoration of health.
• secondary prevention -✓✓involves early detection to halt or reduce the effects of
a disease or illness
• Health literacy -✓✓a person's capacity to learn about and understand basic health
information and services, and to use these resources to promote one's health and
wellness
• the 6 nutrient categories -✓✓carbohydrates
proteins
lipids
vitamins
Clinical Applications | Questions and
Answers | 2026 Update | Complete Solution
Guide
• nutrients -✓✓Substances in food that your body needs to grow, to repair itself,
and to supply you with energy
• types of health -✓✓-physical (maintain bodily function)
-intellectual (to learn and adapt to changes in ones environment)
-emotional (ability to express/suppress our emotions appropriately)
-social (ability to interact with people in an acceptable manner)
-spiritual (cultural beliefs that give purpose to human life)
-environmental (physical context of where one lives or works, determined by
ethnicity, education, income, occupation)
• health promotion -✓✓consists of strategies used to raise the level of the health of
individuals, families, groups, and communities
• primary prevention -✓✓activities that avert the initial development of disease or
poor health
• tertiary prevention -✓✓occurs after a disorder develops. The purpose is to
minimize further complications or to assist in the restoration of health.
• secondary prevention -✓✓involves early detection to halt or reduce the effects of
a disease or illness
• Health literacy -✓✓a person's capacity to learn about and understand basic health
information and services, and to use these resources to promote one's health and
wellness
• the 6 nutrient categories -✓✓carbohydrates
proteins
lipids
vitamins
