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Table of Contents 1. An Overview of Nutrition. Highlight 1: Nutrition Information and Misinformation. 2. Planning a Healthy Diet. Highlight 2: Vegetarian Diets. 3. Digestion, Absorption and Transport. Highlight 3: Common Digestive Problems. 4. The Carbohydrates: Sugars, Starches and Fibers. Highlight 4: Carbs, kCalories and Controversies. 5. The Lipids: Triglycerides, Phospholipids and Sterols. Highlight 5: High-Fat Foods — Friend or Foe? 6. Protein: Amino Acids. Highlight 6: Nutritional Genomics. 7. Energy Metabolism. Highlight 7: Alcohol in the Body. 8. Energy Balance and Body Composition. Highlight 8: Eating Disorders. 9. Weight Management: Overweight, Obesity and Underweight. Highlight 9: The Latest and Greatest Weight-Loss Diet — Again. 10. The Water-Soluble Vitamins: B Vitamins and Vitamin C. Highlight 10: Vitamin and Mineral Supplements. 11. The Fat-Soluble Vitamins, A, D, E and K. Highlight 11: Antioxidant Nutrients in Disease Prevention. 12. Water and the Major Minerals. Highlight 12: Osteoporosis and Calcium. 13. The Trace Minerals. Highlight 13: Phytochemicals and Functional Foods. 14. Fitness: Physical Activity, Nutrients and Body Adaptations. Highlight 14: Supplements as Ergogenic Aids. 15. Life Cycle Nutrition: Pregnancy and Lactation. Highlight 15: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. 16. Life Cycle Nutrition: Infancy, Childhood and Adolescence. Highlight 16: Childhood Obesity and the Early Development of Chronic Diseases. 17. Life Cycle Nutrition: Adulthood and the Later Years. Highlight 17: Nutrient-Drug Interactions. 18. Diet and Health. Highlight 18: Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 19. Consumer Concerns About Foods and Water. Highlight 19: Food Biotechnology. 20. Hunger and the Global Environment. Highlight 20: Environmentally Friendly Food Choices.

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UNDERSTANDING
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COMPLETE WITH CHAPTERS 1-20
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1. AnOverview of Nutrition.
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Highlight1: NutritionInformation and Misinformation.
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2. Planning a Healthy Diet. z z z




Highlight2:VegetarianDiets.
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3. Digestion, Absorption and Transport. z z z




Highlight3:CommonDigestiveProblems.
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4. TheCarbohydrates:Sugars,StarchesandFibers.
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Highlight 4: Carbs, kCalories and Controversies.
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Highlight6:NutritionalGenomics.
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Highlight 7: Alcohol in the Body.
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9. Weight Management: Overweight, Obesity and Underweight.
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Highlight 9: The Latest and Greatest Weight-Loss Diet — Again.
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10. TheWater-SolubleVitamins: BVitamins and Vitamin C.
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Highlight 10: Vitamin and Mineral Supplements.
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11. TheFat-Soluble Vitamins, A, D, E and K.
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Highlight 11: Antioxidant Nutrients in Disease Prevention.
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12. Water and the Major Minerals. z z z z




Highlight12:OsteoporosisandCalcium.
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13. The Trace Minerals.
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Highlight13:Phytochemicals andFunctional Foods.
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14. Fitness:PhysicalActivity, NutrientsandBody Adaptations.
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Highlight 14: Supplements as Ergogenic Aids.
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15. Life Cycle Nutrition: Pregnancy and Lactation.
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Highlight 15: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
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16. LifeCycleNutrition: Infancy, Childhood and Adolescence.
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Highlight 16: Childhood Obesityand the Early Development ofChronic Diseases.
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17. LifeCycle Nutrition: Adulthood and the Later Years.
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Highlight 17: Nutrient-Drug Interactions.
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18. Diet and Health. z z




Highlight18:Complementary andAlternativeMedicine.
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19. ConsumerConcerns AboutFoodsandWater. z z z z z




Highlight 19: Food Biotechnology.
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20. Hunger and the Global Environment. z z z z




Highlight20:Environmentally FriendlyFood Choices.
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,Chapter1–AnOverview of Nutrition
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1. Which characteristic is most typical of a chronic disease?
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b. It rarely has noticeable symptoms.
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c. It produces sharp pains
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d. It progresses gradually.
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e. It disrupts daily life, but isunlikely to be life-threatening.
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ANS: D DIF: Bloom's: Understand
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OBJ: UNUT.WHRO.16.1.1Describehowvarious factorsinfluencepersonal foodchoices.
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2. What is the chief reason most people choose the foods they eat?
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a. cost
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3. Achild develops a strong dislike of noodle soup after she consumes a bowl while sick with the flu. Her
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reaction is an example of a food-related
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on
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5. Whichindividual is makinga food choice based on negative association?
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b. Achild who spits out his mashed potatoes because they taste too salty
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c. Ateenager who grudginglyaccepts an offer for an ice cream cone to avoid offending a close
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child's food
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e. An adult who refuses to eat foods that are not locally-sourced and organic
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6. The motive for a person who alters his diet due to religious convictions is most likely related to his
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7. Farahis viewing an exciting sports match of her favorite team and eating because of nervousness. Her food
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8. Whatterm describes foods that contain nonnutrient substances whose known action in the body is to
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promote well-being to a greater extent than that contributed by the food's nutrients?
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9. Nonnutrient substances found in plant foods that may demonstrate biological activity in the body are
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commonly known as
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10. By chemical analysis, what nutrient is present in the highest amounts inmost foods?
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a. fats
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ANS: B z DIF: Bloom's: Remember z REF: 1.2 The Nutrients
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