A+ Guide answers
Chapter 1: Overview of Nutrition - correct answer
✅✅...
Nutrition - correct answer ✅✅the process of providing
or obtaining the food necessary for health and growth
Factors that influence food choices - correct answer
✅✅Personal preference, habits, ethnic heritage, social
interactions, availability, convenience, economy, nutrition
6 Nutrient classes - correct answer ✅✅• Carbs -
energy, organic
• Protein - energy, organic
• Fat - energy, organic
• Vitamins - no energy, organic
• Minerals - no energy, inorganic
• Water - no energy, inorganic
Non-nutrient classes - correct answer ✅✅• Fiber
• Alcohol
• Phytochemicals
,Nutrition Diet Therapy Exam 2024-2025
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Energy yields - correct answer ✅✅• Carbs - 4 kcal/g
• Protein - 4 kcal/g
• Fat - 9 kcal/g
• Alcohol - 7 kcal/g
kcalories - correct answer ✅✅1000 calories
Calories - correct answer ✅✅kcal
Joules - correct answer ✅✅international unit of
measuring energy
Energy Density - correct answer ✅✅Measure of the
energy of a food provides relative to the amount of food
(kcal/g)
Alcohol nutrient resemblance - correct answer ✅✅• It
is not considered a nutrient because it does not sustain
life
• It resembles a nutrient because it yields 7 kcal/g when
metabolized in the body
, Nutrition Diet Therapy Exam 2024-2025
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EAR, RDA, AI, UL - correct answer ✅✅• EAR - the
average amount that seems sufficient for people
• RDA - intake recommendation
• AI - the average amount of a nutrient that a group of
healthy people consumes
• UL - the point beyond the recommendation that a
nutrient becomes toxic
AMDR - correct answer ✅✅• 45 - 65% kcalories from
carbohydrates
• 20 - 35% kcalories from fat
• 10 - 35% kcalories from protein
5 Key facts when using nutrient recommendations -
correct answer ✅✅• Estimates apply to healthy
people
• Recommendations = targets
• Most nutrient recommendations intend to get through
diet
• Recommendations apply to average daily intakes
• Each DRI category has a specific purpose