NST 10 MIDTERM 2 CORE NUTRITION SCIENCE
AND FOOD SYSTEMS REVIEW 2026
◉ what was rickets and how was it cured?
Answer: affeced 80-90% of US children in 1900 and led to bone
defects -- solved by vitamin D
◉ what was cretinism and how was it cured?
Answer: cretinism is severe retardation, solved by adding iodine to
salt
◉ what was beri beri and how was it cured?
Answer: extreme weakness, solved by thiamine supplementation
◉ what cured scurvy?
Answer: vitamin C
◉ what is anemia and how was it cured?
Answer: anemia is severe iron deficiency and can be cured by
supplementing iron and folate
◉ WEIGHT LOSS AND FITNESS
,Answer:
◉ how is obesity described in terms of energy balance?
Answer: the intake is greater than expenditure
◉ to what degree is weight stable?
Answer: usually within less than 2kg a year
◉ how does adaptive energy expenditure work?
Answer: we burn more or fewer calories each day depending on our
changes in intake - the metabolism is NOT a static system
◉ what happened when people gained 10% of their body weight?
Answer: they ADAPTED and burned more calories even at resting
(but on the flipside once you lose a certain amount of weight you
stop and stabilize at a certain point)
◉ is it hard to lose weight or hard to keep it off?
Answer: hard to keep it off
◉ what is cell memory and how is that relevant to obesity?
, Answer: if you lose weight, you are STILL different than someone
that was originally your current lower weight - there is memory in
your cells that wants you to be back where you were
◉ what are the healthy ways to maintain weightloss?
Answer: exercise, fewer bad calories (if you burn 3,000 kcal a week
of exercise that is standardly deemed sufficient)
◉ what are the unhealthy ways to lose weight?
Answer: cocaine, meth etc, smoking = minus 5 pounds
◉ how is fitness defined?
Answer: capacity for aerobic work
◉ can you be fit and fat?
Answer: yes
◉ can you be thin and unfit?
Answer: yes
◉ how is cardiorespiratory fitness operationalized and
conceptualized?
Answer: operationally: exercise capacity on a treadmill
AND FOOD SYSTEMS REVIEW 2026
◉ what was rickets and how was it cured?
Answer: affeced 80-90% of US children in 1900 and led to bone
defects -- solved by vitamin D
◉ what was cretinism and how was it cured?
Answer: cretinism is severe retardation, solved by adding iodine to
salt
◉ what was beri beri and how was it cured?
Answer: extreme weakness, solved by thiamine supplementation
◉ what cured scurvy?
Answer: vitamin C
◉ what is anemia and how was it cured?
Answer: anemia is severe iron deficiency and can be cured by
supplementing iron and folate
◉ WEIGHT LOSS AND FITNESS
,Answer:
◉ how is obesity described in terms of energy balance?
Answer: the intake is greater than expenditure
◉ to what degree is weight stable?
Answer: usually within less than 2kg a year
◉ how does adaptive energy expenditure work?
Answer: we burn more or fewer calories each day depending on our
changes in intake - the metabolism is NOT a static system
◉ what happened when people gained 10% of their body weight?
Answer: they ADAPTED and burned more calories even at resting
(but on the flipside once you lose a certain amount of weight you
stop and stabilize at a certain point)
◉ is it hard to lose weight or hard to keep it off?
Answer: hard to keep it off
◉ what is cell memory and how is that relevant to obesity?
, Answer: if you lose weight, you are STILL different than someone
that was originally your current lower weight - there is memory in
your cells that wants you to be back where you were
◉ what are the healthy ways to maintain weightloss?
Answer: exercise, fewer bad calories (if you burn 3,000 kcal a week
of exercise that is standardly deemed sufficient)
◉ what are the unhealthy ways to lose weight?
Answer: cocaine, meth etc, smoking = minus 5 pounds
◉ how is fitness defined?
Answer: capacity for aerobic work
◉ can you be fit and fat?
Answer: yes
◉ can you be thin and unfit?
Answer: yes
◉ how is cardiorespiratory fitness operationalized and
conceptualized?
Answer: operationally: exercise capacity on a treadmill
