Test Bank for Understanding Nutrition 16th Edition Whitney Complete Chapters
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Which statement about nutrition's role in a person's life is FALSE?
A diet is defined as a restrictive food plan designed for weight loss.
What is the most likely reason your classmate prefers strawberries?
He likes the flavor and taste of strawberries the most.
What type of food choice is Janine making at the party?
Social interaction.
What is the most likely reason for choosing a granola bar from a vending
machine?
Availability.
Which individual is making a food choice based on values?
A Catholic woman who fasts on Good Friday to honor religious custom.
What is the motive for people who prefer foods they grew up eating?
Ethnic heritage.
What is Farah's food choice at the theater based on?
Positive association.
Which of the following is an example of an ultra-processed food?
Chicken nuggets.
1
,Which of the following does NOT represent one of the six classes of nutrients?
Phytochemicals.
An apple is composed primarily of what?
Water and carbohydrates.
Which is the simplest nutrient?
Minerals.
Why are vitamins and minerals sometimes called micronutrients?
The body requires only small amounts (milligrams and micrograms) daily.
Calories or kcalories are a measure of what?
Heat energy.
Which nutrient has the greatest energy density?
Fat.
Which of the following statements about essential nutrients is FALSE?
There are about 100 nutrients essential for the human body.
Which nonnutritive substance contributes energy but does not sustain life?
Alcohol.
What happens when the body uses energy-yielding nutrients?
The bonds between the atoms break and release energy.
Which energy-yielding nutrients help regulate digestion?
2
,Proteins.
What is the international unit for measuring food energy?
Kilojoules.
Which statement accurately describes vitamins?
Almost every action in the body requires the assistance of vitamins.
How many vitamins are there?
13.
Which statement about minerals is FALSE?
There are six minerals known to be essential to human nutrition.
Which essential nutrient provides the environment for nearly all body activities?
Water.
What is defined as the science of how nutrients affect the activities of genes?
Nutritional genomics.
What does research always begin with?
A problem or a question
What is an educated guess in research called?
Hypothesis
What best describes randomization in research?
Process of choosing members of experimental and control groups without bias
3
, What is a weakness of an epidemiological study?
Cause and effect cannot be proven
What is a strength of laboratory-based studies?
It can determine the effects of a variable
Why do researchers benefit from a large sample size?
Chance variation is less likely to affect the results
What does the finding 'the less vitamin C, the fewer colds' suggest?
A positive correlation
What describes a double-blind experiment?
Neither subjects nor researchers know which subjects are in the control group
and which are in the experimental group
What is the process in which a panel of scientists evaluates a research study
called?
Peer review
What must research findings stand up to in order to be accepted into the body of
nutrition knowledge?
Rigorous, repeated testing in experiments conducted by other researchers
Which part of a research article defines key terms, study design, subjects, and
procedures?
Methods
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Which statement about nutrition's role in a person's life is FALSE?
A diet is defined as a restrictive food plan designed for weight loss.
What is the most likely reason your classmate prefers strawberries?
He likes the flavor and taste of strawberries the most.
What type of food choice is Janine making at the party?
Social interaction.
What is the most likely reason for choosing a granola bar from a vending
machine?
Availability.
Which individual is making a food choice based on values?
A Catholic woman who fasts on Good Friday to honor religious custom.
What is the motive for people who prefer foods they grew up eating?
Ethnic heritage.
What is Farah's food choice at the theater based on?
Positive association.
Which of the following is an example of an ultra-processed food?
Chicken nuggets.
1
,Which of the following does NOT represent one of the six classes of nutrients?
Phytochemicals.
An apple is composed primarily of what?
Water and carbohydrates.
Which is the simplest nutrient?
Minerals.
Why are vitamins and minerals sometimes called micronutrients?
The body requires only small amounts (milligrams and micrograms) daily.
Calories or kcalories are a measure of what?
Heat energy.
Which nutrient has the greatest energy density?
Fat.
Which of the following statements about essential nutrients is FALSE?
There are about 100 nutrients essential for the human body.
Which nonnutritive substance contributes energy but does not sustain life?
Alcohol.
What happens when the body uses energy-yielding nutrients?
The bonds between the atoms break and release energy.
Which energy-yielding nutrients help regulate digestion?
2
,Proteins.
What is the international unit for measuring food energy?
Kilojoules.
Which statement accurately describes vitamins?
Almost every action in the body requires the assistance of vitamins.
How many vitamins are there?
13.
Which statement about minerals is FALSE?
There are six minerals known to be essential to human nutrition.
Which essential nutrient provides the environment for nearly all body activities?
Water.
What is defined as the science of how nutrients affect the activities of genes?
Nutritional genomics.
What does research always begin with?
A problem or a question
What is an educated guess in research called?
Hypothesis
What best describes randomization in research?
Process of choosing members of experimental and control groups without bias
3
, What is a weakness of an epidemiological study?
Cause and effect cannot be proven
What is a strength of laboratory-based studies?
It can determine the effects of a variable
Why do researchers benefit from a large sample size?
Chance variation is less likely to affect the results
What does the finding 'the less vitamin C, the fewer colds' suggest?
A positive correlation
What describes a double-blind experiment?
Neither subjects nor researchers know which subjects are in the control group
and which are in the experimental group
What is the process in which a panel of scientists evaluates a research study
called?
Peer review
What must research findings stand up to in order to be accepted into the body of
nutrition knowledge?
Rigorous, repeated testing in experiments conducted by other researchers
Which part of a research article defines key terms, study design, subjects, and
procedures?
Methods
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