nutrition and diet therapy unit 1 exam questions and answers.docx

nutrition and diet therapy unit 1 exam
questions and answers
Nutrition -
correct answer ✅study of foods and their relation to health


enteral -
correct answer ✅within or by way of the intestines


nutrient -
correct answer ✅chemical compound found in food


food -
correct answer ✅substance the body uses to yield heat and energy
to promote growth, to regulate processes ans to repair tissues


malnutrition -
correct answer ✅lack of necessary food substance in the body


parenteral -
correct answer ✅denoting any route other than the digestive tract


dietetics -
correct answer ✅science of the use of foods in health and diseae

, nutrition and diet therapy unit 1 exam
questions and answers

diet therapy -
correct answer ✅modify patient's normal diet to meet
requirements created by disease or injury


nutritional deficiency -
correct answer ✅insufficient amount of one or more essential
nutrients in the diet


diet -
correct answer ✅food and drink consumed each day


intermittent -
correct answer ✅suspending activity at intervals


Anorexia -
correct answer ✅lack or loss of appetite for food


achlorhydria -
correct answer ✅absence of free hydrochloric acid in stomach