FST 100B- MIDTERM 3 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
ELABORATIONS!!
What type of model does the US follow? Answers :Capitalistic Democratic
What is the issue with the democratic model? Answers :Complacency
If nothing goes wrong, nothing done about it
What is the major goal of the US agricultural production policy? Answers :
What is the issue with keeping the whole population fed? Answers :Cant make everyone nourished if you make farming areas poor
What are the pros of the current food system and its relationship with nutrition? Answers :300 million fed
Long life
Dont really see deficiencies
Cost less than 20% of income
What are the cons of the current food system and its relationship with nutrition? Answers :Unsustainable for energy, water
Promotes economic inequality Health of the US is low and falling (compared to other industrialized nations)
issues of diet costing the country lots of money
what is an example of how organisms will learn from their environment and adapt? Answers :Marine crabs
Mom will lay babies with no shells if conditions are supportive
babies will have shells if mom is threatened
What was well established in nutriiton? Answers :The need for nutrients
When we started looking at nutrients what was the focus? Answers :Essential nutrients
What are they what are the needs (ie: vit D)
What is an RDA? Answers :Daily nutrient intake adequate enough for needs of 97-98% (almost all) HEALTHY people*
from specific group
The food and nutrition board 1994 concept paper expressed the need to include what into law? Answers :Expand just looking at outcomes being life vs death
Recommendations for variety of uses
Reduce chronic disease risk
Review other food components Rationale for functional end points used
Open dialog with groups
Estimates of UL
What was one of the issues with the FNB 1994 paper? Answers :Ackowledged that there is more to food than essential nutrients BUT didn't really include how policy could address it
Why is it difficult to standardize non essential nutrients? Answers :Dont really have end points
When things have an acute mortality=easy end point to give them
What are essential nutrients? Answers :Chemicals in food
Necessary for life, growth, tissue repair
Cannot be synthesized
What are nutrient related compounds? Answers :?
What is DRI? Answers :Dietary reference intake
Collective term for nutrient based reference values
What are the different DRI's? Answers :EAR (estimated average requirement) RDA (Reccomended dietary allowance)
AI (Adequate intake)
UL (Tolerable upper intake level)
AMDR (Acceptable macronutrient distribution range)
What is AMDR? Answers :Range of intakes for macronutrient that is associated with reduced chronic disease + getting enough of essential nutrients
What is an EAR? Answers :Average daily nutrient level needed to meet requirement of HALF the HEALTHY indv*
*from particular group
What is an AI? Answers :Reccomended average intake based on estimates for healthy people
When is an AI commonly used? Answers :When RDA can't be determined
When did UL start to become a concept of interest? Answers :20th century
When it was seen that nutrients could be toxic above a certain level (supplement industry growing)
What is an UL?
ELABORATIONS!!
What type of model does the US follow? Answers :Capitalistic Democratic
What is the issue with the democratic model? Answers :Complacency
If nothing goes wrong, nothing done about it
What is the major goal of the US agricultural production policy? Answers :
What is the issue with keeping the whole population fed? Answers :Cant make everyone nourished if you make farming areas poor
What are the pros of the current food system and its relationship with nutrition? Answers :300 million fed
Long life
Dont really see deficiencies
Cost less than 20% of income
What are the cons of the current food system and its relationship with nutrition? Answers :Unsustainable for energy, water
Promotes economic inequality Health of the US is low and falling (compared to other industrialized nations)
issues of diet costing the country lots of money
what is an example of how organisms will learn from their environment and adapt? Answers :Marine crabs
Mom will lay babies with no shells if conditions are supportive
babies will have shells if mom is threatened
What was well established in nutriiton? Answers :The need for nutrients
When we started looking at nutrients what was the focus? Answers :Essential nutrients
What are they what are the needs (ie: vit D)
What is an RDA? Answers :Daily nutrient intake adequate enough for needs of 97-98% (almost all) HEALTHY people*
from specific group
The food and nutrition board 1994 concept paper expressed the need to include what into law? Answers :Expand just looking at outcomes being life vs death
Recommendations for variety of uses
Reduce chronic disease risk
Review other food components Rationale for functional end points used
Open dialog with groups
Estimates of UL
What was one of the issues with the FNB 1994 paper? Answers :Ackowledged that there is more to food than essential nutrients BUT didn't really include how policy could address it
Why is it difficult to standardize non essential nutrients? Answers :Dont really have end points
When things have an acute mortality=easy end point to give them
What are essential nutrients? Answers :Chemicals in food
Necessary for life, growth, tissue repair
Cannot be synthesized
What are nutrient related compounds? Answers :?
What is DRI? Answers :Dietary reference intake
Collective term for nutrient based reference values
What are the different DRI's? Answers :EAR (estimated average requirement) RDA (Reccomended dietary allowance)
AI (Adequate intake)
UL (Tolerable upper intake level)
AMDR (Acceptable macronutrient distribution range)
What is AMDR? Answers :Range of intakes for macronutrient that is associated with reduced chronic disease + getting enough of essential nutrients
What is an EAR? Answers :Average daily nutrient level needed to meet requirement of HALF the HEALTHY indv*
*from particular group
What is an AI? Answers :Reccomended average intake based on estimates for healthy people
When is an AI commonly used? Answers :When RDA can't be determined
When did UL start to become a concept of interest? Answers :20th century
When it was seen that nutrients could be toxic above a certain level (supplement industry growing)
What is an UL?
