TEST BANK
Discovering Nutrition
Paul Insel, Kimberley McMahon, and Melissa Bernstein
7th Edition
,Table of Contents
Chapter 01 Food Choices: Nutrients and Nourishment 1
Chapter 02 Nutrition Guidelines: Tools for a Healthful Diet 8
Chapter 03 The Human Body: From Food to Fuel 14
Chapter 04 Carbohydrates: Simple Sugars and Complex Chains 24
Chapter 04A Spotlight on Alcohol 30
Chapter 05 Lipids: Not Just Fat 36
Chapter 06 Proteins and Amino Acids: Function Follow Form 45
Chapter 07 Vitamins: Vital Keys to Health 51
Chapter 08 Water and Minerals: The Ocean Within 57
Chapter 09 Life Cycle: Maternal and Infant Nutrition 64
Chapter 10 Life Cycle: From Childhood to Adulthood 73
Chapter 11 Nutrition for Physical Performance 79
Chapter 11A Spotlight on Eating Disorders 84
Chapter 12 Diet and Health 89
Chapter 12A Spotlight on Obesity and Weight Management 95
Chapter 13 Food Safety and Technology 100
Chapter 13A Spotlight on World Nutrition: The Faces of Global Malnutrition 105
Midterm Exam 112
Final Exam 125
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Test Bank - Discovering Nutrition, 7th Edition (Insel, 2026)
Chapter 01 - Food Choices: Nutrients and Nourishment
True/False
1. True or False? An example of a case control study is one in which a group of individuals who have a
condition, such as heart disease, are compared with a similar group of people who do not have the same
condition.
Ans: True
Ahead: Applying the Scientific Process to Nutrition
Complexity: Moderate
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Food Choices: Nutrients and Nourishment
2. True or False? An example of a correlation study is when a set of people is studied in an effort to
evaluate the effect of an event, substance, or technique, such as if vitamin C helps to improve a certain
skin condition.
Ans: False
Ahead: Applying the Scientific Process to Nutrition
Complexity: Moderate
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Food Choices: Nutrients and Nourishment
3. True or False? An example of placebo effect is the expectation that a certain treatment will be effective
can be almost as effective as the treatment itself.
Ans: True
Ahead: Applying the Scientific Process to Nutrition
Complexity: Moderate
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Food Choices: Nutrients and Nourishment
4. True or False? Carbohydrate is considered the most essential nutrient.
Ans: False
Ahead: Introducing the Nutrients
Complexity: Easy
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Food Choices: Nutrients and Nourishment
5. True or False? Compared to our lifestyle factors such as smoking and exercise, our food choices are
more likely to affect our risk for developing chronic diseases such as heart disease or cancer.
Ans: True
Ahead: Introduction to Nutrients
Complexity: Easy
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Food Choices: Nutrients and Nourishment
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Test Bank - Discovering Nutrition, 7th Edition (Insel, 2026)
6. True or False? In nutrition research, a supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of
limited evidence and used as a starting point for further investigation is called the observation.
Ans: False
Ahead: Applying the Scientific Process to Nutrition
Complexity: Easy
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Food Choices: Nutrients and Nourishment
7. True or False? Professional journals in print and on the Internet are examples of primary sources of
scientific research information.
Ans: True
Ahead: From Research Study to Headline
Complexity: Easy
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Food Choices: Nutrients and Nourishment
8. True or False? The six classes of nutrients in food include carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, vitamins,
minerals, and water.
Ans: True
Ahead: Introducing the Nutrients
Complexity: Easy
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Food Choices: Nutrients and Nourishment
9. True or False? Usually, results from animal studies can be applied directly to humans.
Ans: False
Ahead: Applying the Scientific Process to Nutrition
Complexity: Easy
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Food Choices: Nutrients and Nourishment
Multiple Choice
10. 275 grams of carbohydrate provides what percent of calories from carbohydrate in a 2,000 kcal diet?
A) 25
B) 40
C) 55
D) 60
Ans: C
Ahead: Introducing the Nutrients
Complexity: Difficult
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Food Choices: Nutrients and Nourishment
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Test Bank - Discovering Nutrition, 7th Edition (Insel, 2026)
11. A 19-year-old boy avoids rice pudding because once when he was a child, he got sick after eating it.
This practice of avoiding a certain food because you think it will make you sick is best described as which
sensory influence?
A) Nutrition and health beliefs
B) Social factors
C) Food and diet trends
D) Comfort/discomfort foods
Ans: D
Ahead: Why Do We Eat the Way We Do?
Complexity: Moderate
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Food Choices: Nutrients and Nourishment
12. A meal that contains 4 grams of fat, 3 grams of protein, and 3 grams of carbohydrate will provide
______ calories.
A) 50
B) 60
C) 70
D) 80
Ans: B
Ahead: Introducing the Nutrients
Complexity: Difficult
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Food Choices: Nutrients and Nourishment
13. A patient is on a 2,000 kcal diet but is meeting only 80 percent of his total energy need. Which of the
following food items could provide adequate calories for the remaining 20 percent?
A) Food item A (20 grams of fat, 20 grams of carbohydrate, and 35 grams of protein)
B) Food item B (10 grams of fat, 20 grams of carbohydrate, and 35 grams of protein)
C) Food item C (20 grams of fat, 10 grams of carbohydrate, and 35 grams of protein)
D) Food item D (20 grams of fat, 20 grams of carbohydrate, and 25 grams of protein)
Ans: A
Ahead: Introducing the Nutrients
Complexity: Difficult
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Food Choices: Nutrients and Nourishment
14. A study of the relationship between skipping breakfast and its link to overweight kids is an example of
which type of study?
A) A clinical trial
B) A nominal study
C) An epidemiological study
D) A controlled case study
Ans: C
Ahead: Applying the Scientific Process to Nutrition
Complexity: Difficult
Subject: Chapter 1
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Test Bank - Discovering Nutrition, 7th Edition (Insel, 2026)
Title: Food Choices: Nutrients and Nourishment
15. As people from other cultures immigrate to new lands, they will adopt new behaviors consistent with
their new homes. However, __________ are among the last to change.
A) food habits
B) traditions
C) expectations about food
D) taste sensitivities
Ans: D
Ahead: Why Do We Eat the Way We Do?
Complexity: Easy
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Food Choices: Nutrients and Nourishment
16. Except for __________, all of the following are organic compounds that regulate body processes and
contribute to cell and body structure.
A) vitamins
B) minerals
C) lipids
D) proteins
Ans: B
Ahead: Introducing the Nutrients
Complexity: Moderate
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Food Choices: Nutrients and Nourishment
17. Except for __________, all of the following are similar in how they are absorbed and transported in
the body.
A) vitamin B6
B) vitamin D
C) vitamin A
D) vitamin K
Ans: A
Ahead: Introducing the Nutrients
Complexity: Moderate
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Food Choices: Nutrients and Nourishment
18. How many kilocalories are in 7 grams of protein?
A) 28
B) 49
C) 63
D) 77
Ans: A
Ahead: Introducing the Nutrients
Complexity: Moderate
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Food Choices: Nutrients and Nourishment
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Discovering Nutrition
Paul Insel, Kimberley McMahon, and Melissa Bernstein
7th Edition
,Table of Contents
Chapter 01 Food Choices: Nutrients and Nourishment 1
Chapter 02 Nutrition Guidelines: Tools for a Healthful Diet 8
Chapter 03 The Human Body: From Food to Fuel 14
Chapter 04 Carbohydrates: Simple Sugars and Complex Chains 24
Chapter 04A Spotlight on Alcohol 30
Chapter 05 Lipids: Not Just Fat 36
Chapter 06 Proteins and Amino Acids: Function Follow Form 45
Chapter 07 Vitamins: Vital Keys to Health 51
Chapter 08 Water and Minerals: The Ocean Within 57
Chapter 09 Life Cycle: Maternal and Infant Nutrition 64
Chapter 10 Life Cycle: From Childhood to Adulthood 73
Chapter 11 Nutrition for Physical Performance 79
Chapter 11A Spotlight on Eating Disorders 84
Chapter 12 Diet and Health 89
Chapter 12A Spotlight on Obesity and Weight Management 95
Chapter 13 Food Safety and Technology 100
Chapter 13A Spotlight on World Nutrition: The Faces of Global Malnutrition 105
Midterm Exam 112
Final Exam 125
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Test Bank - Discovering Nutrition, 7th Edition (Insel, 2026)
Chapter 01 - Food Choices: Nutrients and Nourishment
True/False
1. True or False? An example of a case control study is one in which a group of individuals who have a
condition, such as heart disease, are compared with a similar group of people who do not have the same
condition.
Ans: True
Ahead: Applying the Scientific Process to Nutrition
Complexity: Moderate
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Food Choices: Nutrients and Nourishment
2. True or False? An example of a correlation study is when a set of people is studied in an effort to
evaluate the effect of an event, substance, or technique, such as if vitamin C helps to improve a certain
skin condition.
Ans: False
Ahead: Applying the Scientific Process to Nutrition
Complexity: Moderate
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Food Choices: Nutrients and Nourishment
3. True or False? An example of placebo effect is the expectation that a certain treatment will be effective
can be almost as effective as the treatment itself.
Ans: True
Ahead: Applying the Scientific Process to Nutrition
Complexity: Moderate
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Food Choices: Nutrients and Nourishment
4. True or False? Carbohydrate is considered the most essential nutrient.
Ans: False
Ahead: Introducing the Nutrients
Complexity: Easy
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Food Choices: Nutrients and Nourishment
5. True or False? Compared to our lifestyle factors such as smoking and exercise, our food choices are
more likely to affect our risk for developing chronic diseases such as heart disease or cancer.
Ans: True
Ahead: Introduction to Nutrients
Complexity: Easy
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Food Choices: Nutrients and Nourishment
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Test Bank - Discovering Nutrition, 7th Edition (Insel, 2026)
6. True or False? In nutrition research, a supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of
limited evidence and used as a starting point for further investigation is called the observation.
Ans: False
Ahead: Applying the Scientific Process to Nutrition
Complexity: Easy
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Food Choices: Nutrients and Nourishment
7. True or False? Professional journals in print and on the Internet are examples of primary sources of
scientific research information.
Ans: True
Ahead: From Research Study to Headline
Complexity: Easy
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Food Choices: Nutrients and Nourishment
8. True or False? The six classes of nutrients in food include carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, vitamins,
minerals, and water.
Ans: True
Ahead: Introducing the Nutrients
Complexity: Easy
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Food Choices: Nutrients and Nourishment
9. True or False? Usually, results from animal studies can be applied directly to humans.
Ans: False
Ahead: Applying the Scientific Process to Nutrition
Complexity: Easy
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Food Choices: Nutrients and Nourishment
Multiple Choice
10. 275 grams of carbohydrate provides what percent of calories from carbohydrate in a 2,000 kcal diet?
A) 25
B) 40
C) 55
D) 60
Ans: C
Ahead: Introducing the Nutrients
Complexity: Difficult
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Food Choices: Nutrients and Nourishment
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Test Bank - Discovering Nutrition, 7th Edition (Insel, 2026)
11. A 19-year-old boy avoids rice pudding because once when he was a child, he got sick after eating it.
This practice of avoiding a certain food because you think it will make you sick is best described as which
sensory influence?
A) Nutrition and health beliefs
B) Social factors
C) Food and diet trends
D) Comfort/discomfort foods
Ans: D
Ahead: Why Do We Eat the Way We Do?
Complexity: Moderate
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Food Choices: Nutrients and Nourishment
12. A meal that contains 4 grams of fat, 3 grams of protein, and 3 grams of carbohydrate will provide
______ calories.
A) 50
B) 60
C) 70
D) 80
Ans: B
Ahead: Introducing the Nutrients
Complexity: Difficult
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Food Choices: Nutrients and Nourishment
13. A patient is on a 2,000 kcal diet but is meeting only 80 percent of his total energy need. Which of the
following food items could provide adequate calories for the remaining 20 percent?
A) Food item A (20 grams of fat, 20 grams of carbohydrate, and 35 grams of protein)
B) Food item B (10 grams of fat, 20 grams of carbohydrate, and 35 grams of protein)
C) Food item C (20 grams of fat, 10 grams of carbohydrate, and 35 grams of protein)
D) Food item D (20 grams of fat, 20 grams of carbohydrate, and 25 grams of protein)
Ans: A
Ahead: Introducing the Nutrients
Complexity: Difficult
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Food Choices: Nutrients and Nourishment
14. A study of the relationship between skipping breakfast and its link to overweight kids is an example of
which type of study?
A) A clinical trial
B) A nominal study
C) An epidemiological study
D) A controlled case study
Ans: C
Ahead: Applying the Scientific Process to Nutrition
Complexity: Difficult
Subject: Chapter 1
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3|Page
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Test Bank - Discovering Nutrition, 7th Edition (Insel, 2026)
Title: Food Choices: Nutrients and Nourishment
15. As people from other cultures immigrate to new lands, they will adopt new behaviors consistent with
their new homes. However, __________ are among the last to change.
A) food habits
B) traditions
C) expectations about food
D) taste sensitivities
Ans: D
Ahead: Why Do We Eat the Way We Do?
Complexity: Easy
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Food Choices: Nutrients and Nourishment
16. Except for __________, all of the following are organic compounds that regulate body processes and
contribute to cell and body structure.
A) vitamins
B) minerals
C) lipids
D) proteins
Ans: B
Ahead: Introducing the Nutrients
Complexity: Moderate
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Food Choices: Nutrients and Nourishment
17. Except for __________, all of the following are similar in how they are absorbed and transported in
the body.
A) vitamin B6
B) vitamin D
C) vitamin A
D) vitamin K
Ans: A
Ahead: Introducing the Nutrients
Complexity: Moderate
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Food Choices: Nutrients and Nourishment
18. How many kilocalories are in 7 grams of protein?
A) 28
B) 49
C) 63
D) 77
Ans: A
Ahead: Introducing the Nutrients
Complexity: Moderate
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Food Choices: Nutrients and Nourishment
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