ISSA Fitness Nutrition Exam Section 1 Questions with Answers

The three major limiting factors for clients include genetic makeup, physical activity patterns, and nutritional habits. - False Consequences of a negative energy balance include: Plaque buildup on arteries, increases in blood pressure, and insulin resistance. - False Good nutrition programs can help to properly control energy balance. - True Calorie density is the ratio of calories to the actual weight of a food. - True Foods with high nutrient density and low calorie density are regularly over-consumed and lead to excess body fat. - False Focusing exclusively on body composition when making nutrition choices is always healthy. - True After completing this course, you will be able to legally offer Medical Nutrition Therapy. - False 'Metabolism' refers to all of the diverse physiological processes (both physical and chemical) that contribute to life. - True All of the chemical reactions that take place in the body require the help of specific proteins, called phytochemicals. - False Organelles give cells their structure and function. - False DNA ultimately determines everything from how the body develops, to how it repairs itself, to how it transports and/or metabolizes every chemical introduced into circulation. - True Dietary proteins are proteins situated in the cell membrane that act as channels or molecular carriers. - False Energy from food is used to join adenosine diphosphate and phosphate into adenosine triphosphate. - True Small amounts of absorption can take place in the mouth. - True With simple diffusion, the rate of transport is proportional to the solubility of the substance. - True It has been estimated that 1 in 20 people have some form of food intolerance, whether mild or severe. - False Amino acids that have passed through the liver can be taken up by muscle cells and used for the synthesis of new proteins. - True Only vitamins can freely cross the cell membranes of the blood-brain barrier. - False Stored nutrients supply the energy for most of our regular functioning. - True Triglycerides are broken down by lipolysis. - True Fat mobilization is ineffective if there isn't an increased need for mobilized fats. - True The process of nitrogen removal is called gluconeogenesis. - False Amines are functional groups containing nitrogen. - True 'Calorie counting' in dieters is a very inexact exercise. - True It is not considered acceptable for an equation to predict RMR to within 10% of the actual measured value. - False Energy balance is a multi-factorial regulation process, much more complex than food versus exercise. - True