NUTRITION AND YOU 4TH EDITION
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION TEST COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ The science that studies how the nutrients and compounds in
foods nourish you, help you function, and affect your health.
Answer: Nutrition.
◉ Identify the six categories of nutrients found in food.
Answer: Carbohydrates, fats, protein, vitamins, minerals, water.
◉ What do Carbohydrates provide?
Answer: Energy.
◉ What provides energy, growth, maintenance support or structure,
and regulate body processes.?
Answer: Proteins and fats.
◉ What provides growth, maintenance support or structure, and
regulate body processes?
Answer: Vitamins, minerals, and water
, ◉ Any substance or compound that the body can take in,
digest/absorb (assimilate) that will enable the body to live and grow
is?
Answer: Food
◉ Substances/compounds which the body cannot make at all or
cannot make fast enough to meet the body's need are called?
Answer: Essential nutrients.
◉ Plant-produced chemical compounds, which give fruits and
vegetables their colors, have numerous beneficial functions in the
human body are called _______.
Answer: phytochemicals
◉ Any foods that have been subject to milling, refining, alteration of
texture, addition of additives, cooking, freezing, drying, etc. are _____
_____.
Answer: processed foods.
◉ Foods that are used daily or very frequently during the week are
______ foods.
Answer: staple
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION TEST COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ The science that studies how the nutrients and compounds in
foods nourish you, help you function, and affect your health.
Answer: Nutrition.
◉ Identify the six categories of nutrients found in food.
Answer: Carbohydrates, fats, protein, vitamins, minerals, water.
◉ What do Carbohydrates provide?
Answer: Energy.
◉ What provides energy, growth, maintenance support or structure,
and regulate body processes.?
Answer: Proteins and fats.
◉ What provides growth, maintenance support or structure, and
regulate body processes?
Answer: Vitamins, minerals, and water
, ◉ Any substance or compound that the body can take in,
digest/absorb (assimilate) that will enable the body to live and grow
is?
Answer: Food
◉ Substances/compounds which the body cannot make at all or
cannot make fast enough to meet the body's need are called?
Answer: Essential nutrients.
◉ Plant-produced chemical compounds, which give fruits and
vegetables their colors, have numerous beneficial functions in the
human body are called _______.
Answer: phytochemicals
◉ Any foods that have been subject to milling, refining, alteration of
texture, addition of additives, cooking, freezing, drying, etc. are _____
_____.
Answer: processed foods.
◉ Foods that are used daily or very frequently during the week are
______ foods.
Answer: staple
