UNH Nutr 400 Final UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Leads to stable body weight - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Energy balance
The process of an adipocyte filling with lipids and increasing its cell size - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Hypertrophic growth
_______ is the basic physiological drive to consume food while ______ is the psychological
desire for food - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Hunger, appetite
3 main components to a healthy weight loss program - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Healthy
diet, physical activity, reasonable goals
Anorexia is characterized by _____ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Irrational fear of weight
gain
Purging - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Self induced vomiting, misuse of laxatives
Gastric banding - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Reduces stomach size, creates smaller stomach
pouch
Physical activity guidelines for adults - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 150 min moderate
exercise weekly, 2+ weight training sessions weekly
Training improves muscle's ability to use which fuel source? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Fatty acids
A trained athlete has a ______ VO2 max compared to a non athlete - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Higher
,For athletes, the carb rec is ______, protein rec is ______, and fat rec is _______ -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Higher, higher, same
Heat stroke - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Losing 7-10% body weight through sweat
When certain vitamins/minerals are added to foods such as rice, flour, bread, rolls, in
amounts suggested by the FDA - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Enrichment
Beriberi - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Thiamin deficiency
Ariboflavinosis is characterized by ______ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Glossitis
(inflammation of mouth/tongue)
The symptoms of this are often referred to as the four D's: dermatitis, dementia, diarrhea,
death - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Pellagra
What are the 3 main components of total energy expenditure? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Basal metabolism, physical activity, thermic effect of food
What do the Harris-Benedict and Mifflin St Jeor equations measure? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Resting energy expenditure
The Harris-Benedict and Mifflin St Jeor equations do not take ________ into account -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Physical activity
Direct calorimetry, indirect calorimetry, and doubly-labeled water are methodologies used to
determine ______ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Energy expenditure
What method of total body composition analysis was used in lab? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Bioelectrical impedance
What does leptin do and promote when it increases in response to increasing adipose? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Promote appetite suppression, weight loss
, Gastric bypass surgery does NOT _______ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Reroute the GI tract
to bypass the stomach
A deficiency in _______ results in microcytic hypochromic anemia - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Vit B6
Consuming large amounts of raw eggs can lead to a deficiency in which B-Vitamin? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Biotin
What foods are a good source of folate? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Dark leafy greens
Daily Recommended folate for adults - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 400 mcg/day
Daily Recommended folate for pregnant women - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 600 mcg/day
The inability to produce intrinsic factor protein can result in what kind of deficiency? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- B12
A deficiency in B12 can be characterized by _______ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Macrocytic anemia
What masks a B12 deficiency? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Folate
Peppers, papaya, and citrus fruit are a good source of _____ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Vit
C
Scurvy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Bleeding gums, skin irritation, bruising, poor wound
healing
Free radicals are characterized as having _____ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- An unpaired
electron
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Leads to stable body weight - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Energy balance
The process of an adipocyte filling with lipids and increasing its cell size - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Hypertrophic growth
_______ is the basic physiological drive to consume food while ______ is the psychological
desire for food - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Hunger, appetite
3 main components to a healthy weight loss program - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Healthy
diet, physical activity, reasonable goals
Anorexia is characterized by _____ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Irrational fear of weight
gain
Purging - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Self induced vomiting, misuse of laxatives
Gastric banding - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Reduces stomach size, creates smaller stomach
pouch
Physical activity guidelines for adults - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 150 min moderate
exercise weekly, 2+ weight training sessions weekly
Training improves muscle's ability to use which fuel source? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Fatty acids
A trained athlete has a ______ VO2 max compared to a non athlete - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Higher
,For athletes, the carb rec is ______, protein rec is ______, and fat rec is _______ -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Higher, higher, same
Heat stroke - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Losing 7-10% body weight through sweat
When certain vitamins/minerals are added to foods such as rice, flour, bread, rolls, in
amounts suggested by the FDA - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Enrichment
Beriberi - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Thiamin deficiency
Ariboflavinosis is characterized by ______ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Glossitis
(inflammation of mouth/tongue)
The symptoms of this are often referred to as the four D's: dermatitis, dementia, diarrhea,
death - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Pellagra
What are the 3 main components of total energy expenditure? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Basal metabolism, physical activity, thermic effect of food
What do the Harris-Benedict and Mifflin St Jeor equations measure? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Resting energy expenditure
The Harris-Benedict and Mifflin St Jeor equations do not take ________ into account -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Physical activity
Direct calorimetry, indirect calorimetry, and doubly-labeled water are methodologies used to
determine ______ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Energy expenditure
What method of total body composition analysis was used in lab? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Bioelectrical impedance
What does leptin do and promote when it increases in response to increasing adipose? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Promote appetite suppression, weight loss
, Gastric bypass surgery does NOT _______ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Reroute the GI tract
to bypass the stomach
A deficiency in _______ results in microcytic hypochromic anemia - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Vit B6
Consuming large amounts of raw eggs can lead to a deficiency in which B-Vitamin? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Biotin
What foods are a good source of folate? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Dark leafy greens
Daily Recommended folate for adults - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 400 mcg/day
Daily Recommended folate for pregnant women - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 600 mcg/day
The inability to produce intrinsic factor protein can result in what kind of deficiency? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- B12
A deficiency in B12 can be characterized by _______ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Macrocytic anemia
What masks a B12 deficiency? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Folate
Peppers, papaya, and citrus fruit are a good source of _____ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Vit
C
Scurvy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Bleeding gums, skin irritation, bruising, poor wound
healing
Free radicals are characterized as having _____ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- An unpaired
electron
