JERSEY COLLEGE NUTRITION MIDTERM 2026
COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT SCRIPT
SOLVED QUESTIONS ANSWERS UPDATED
REVIEW SET
◉ Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
Answer: a set of principles developed by the US Department of
Agriculture and the US Department of Health and Human Services to
assist Americans in designing a healthful diet and lifestyle. Updated
approximately every 5 years.
◉ Healthy People 2020.
Answer: Is a health promotion and disease prevention plan for the
United States. Updated every 10 years.
◉ Digestion.
Answer: the process by which foods are broken down into their
component molecules, either mechanically or chemically
◉ Absorption.
Answer: the physiological process by which molecules of food are
taken from the gastrointestinal tract into the circulation.
, ◉ hunger.
Answer: physiological drive for food
◉ Satiety.
Answer: a physiological sensation of fullness
◉ Hormones.
Answer: a chemical messenger secreted into the bloodstream by one
of the many glands of the body, which acts as a regular of
physiological processes at a site remote from the gland that secreted
it.
◉ Peristalsis.
Answer: waves of squeezing and pushing contractions that move
food in one direction through the length of the GI tract
◉ Chyme.
Answer: a semifluid mass consisting of partially digested food, water,
and gastric juices.
◉ Appetite.
Answer: a psychological desire to consume specific foods
COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT SCRIPT
SOLVED QUESTIONS ANSWERS UPDATED
REVIEW SET
◉ Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
Answer: a set of principles developed by the US Department of
Agriculture and the US Department of Health and Human Services to
assist Americans in designing a healthful diet and lifestyle. Updated
approximately every 5 years.
◉ Healthy People 2020.
Answer: Is a health promotion and disease prevention plan for the
United States. Updated every 10 years.
◉ Digestion.
Answer: the process by which foods are broken down into their
component molecules, either mechanically or chemically
◉ Absorption.
Answer: the physiological process by which molecules of food are
taken from the gastrointestinal tract into the circulation.
, ◉ hunger.
Answer: physiological drive for food
◉ Satiety.
Answer: a physiological sensation of fullness
◉ Hormones.
Answer: a chemical messenger secreted into the bloodstream by one
of the many glands of the body, which acts as a regular of
physiological processes at a site remote from the gland that secreted
it.
◉ Peristalsis.
Answer: waves of squeezing and pushing contractions that move
food in one direction through the length of the GI tract
◉ Chyme.
Answer: a semifluid mass consisting of partially digested food, water,
and gastric juices.
◉ Appetite.
Answer: a psychological desire to consume specific foods
