BIOD 121 Essentials in Nutrition
Module 1 | Questions and
answers| Latest version 2024/2025
What is nutrition: - ANSWER -nutrition by definition is a science that links food to health and disease.
It includes the processes that humans ingest, digest, absorb, transport, and excrete substances
Nutrition spands all ages in which: - ANSWER -it impacts the time of birth to the time of death
How do pharmaceuticals and the food industry play into nutrition: - ANSWER -through the different
supplements we take, what we eat and why we eat as far as food safety, mass production,
restaurants, manufacturers, media, and food labels
Nutrition by definition is the science that links food to: - ANSWER -health and disease
Good nutrition as well as exercise leads to: - ANSWER -good health
Media plays a huge role into nutrition as far as: - ANSWER -marketing, fad diets, celebrities, etc.
Nutrients can be classified as: - ANSWER -macro-nutrient, micro-nutrient, organic, and inorganic
Macro-nutrient: - ANSWER -needed in large amounts in the body
Micro-nutrients: - ANSWER -needed in small amounts in the body
Organic: - ANSWER -a compound that contains carbon and hydrogen
Inorganic: - ANSWER -any substance that doesn't contain carbon
Mechanical energy: - ANSWER -perform muscular movements
What are hormones: - ANSWER -they are compounds that are secreted into the bloodstream by
different cells, and their goal is to act to control the function of another type of cell
Ghrelin: - ANSWER -is produced by the stomach; its job is to travel to the brain,stimulate the hunger
center, and deactivate the satiety center
Leptin: - ANSWER -is produced by fat cells called adipose tissue; its job is to alert the brain, turn off
the hunger center, and activate the satiety center' any time your eating your leptin levels should
increase to tell you that your full
Name the key hormone that causes hunger. Indicate where in the body its produced and the process
by which it operates: - ANSWER -ghrelin; its produced by the stomach; its job is to travel the brain
and stimulate the hunger center and deactivate the satiety center
Two key hormones in the process of hunger and satiety are: - ANSWER -ghrelin and leptin
Name the key hormone that causes satiety. Indicate where in the body its produced and the process
by which it operates: - ANSWER -leptin; its produced by fat cells; its job is to alert the brain, turn off
the hunger center, and activate satiety center
, There are different types of hormones related to hunger and satiety. Three major hormones for
increasing hunger are: - ANSWER -ghrelin, endorphines, and neuropeptide Y
Anytime your eating, your leptin levels should: - ANSWER -increase to tell you that your full
What are the five dimensions to evaluate health: - ANSWER -physical health, intellectual health,
emotional health, social health. and spiritual health
What is physical health: - ANSWER -the ability for the body to perform daily functions for survival
and its dependents on the nutrients that are available for the formation of bones, vitamins, minerals,
and to make hormones
What is intellectual health: - ANSWER -the cognitive ability to lean and adapt; the lack of certain
nutrients can impair our intellectual health
What is emotional health: - ANSWER -the ability to express or suppress emotions
What is social health: - ANSWER -the ability to interact with others
What is spiritual health: - ANSWER -the purpose for human existence and cultural practices
The ability for the body to perform daily function for survival is what kind of health: - ANSWER -
physical health
The cognitive ability to learn and adapt is called what kind of health: - ANSWER -intellectual health
The ability to suppress and express emotion is called what kind of health: - ANSWER -emotional
health
The ability to interact with others is called what kind of health: - ANSWER -social health
The purpose of human existence and cultural practices is defined what kind of health - ANSWER -
spiritual health
What is the difference between food and nutrients: - ANSWER -food provides energy in the form of
calories, a mixture of nutrients whereas nutrients are substances found in the foods that provide for
the building and maintaining; they are regulators for metabolic processes and reactions
Alcohol is a source of energy, however: - ANSWER -it is not consideredan essential nutrient because
aside from providing calories it has no other funciton
How many kilo-calories does alcohol have: - ANSWER -7
How many kilo-calories do proteins have: - ANSWER -4
How many kilo-calories do fats have: - ANSWER -9
How many kilo-calories do carbohydrates have: - ANSWER -4
The food and nutrition board of the national academy of sciences provides guidelines of what
percentage for each nutrient should compromise our diets, what is it for proteins: - ANSWER -10-35%
The food and nutrition board of the national academy of sciences provides guidelines of what
percentage for each nutrient should compromise our diets, what is it for carbohydrates: - ANSWER -
45-65%
Module 1 | Questions and
answers| Latest version 2024/2025
What is nutrition: - ANSWER -nutrition by definition is a science that links food to health and disease.
It includes the processes that humans ingest, digest, absorb, transport, and excrete substances
Nutrition spands all ages in which: - ANSWER -it impacts the time of birth to the time of death
How do pharmaceuticals and the food industry play into nutrition: - ANSWER -through the different
supplements we take, what we eat and why we eat as far as food safety, mass production,
restaurants, manufacturers, media, and food labels
Nutrition by definition is the science that links food to: - ANSWER -health and disease
Good nutrition as well as exercise leads to: - ANSWER -good health
Media plays a huge role into nutrition as far as: - ANSWER -marketing, fad diets, celebrities, etc.
Nutrients can be classified as: - ANSWER -macro-nutrient, micro-nutrient, organic, and inorganic
Macro-nutrient: - ANSWER -needed in large amounts in the body
Micro-nutrients: - ANSWER -needed in small amounts in the body
Organic: - ANSWER -a compound that contains carbon and hydrogen
Inorganic: - ANSWER -any substance that doesn't contain carbon
Mechanical energy: - ANSWER -perform muscular movements
What are hormones: - ANSWER -they are compounds that are secreted into the bloodstream by
different cells, and their goal is to act to control the function of another type of cell
Ghrelin: - ANSWER -is produced by the stomach; its job is to travel to the brain,stimulate the hunger
center, and deactivate the satiety center
Leptin: - ANSWER -is produced by fat cells called adipose tissue; its job is to alert the brain, turn off
the hunger center, and activate the satiety center' any time your eating your leptin levels should
increase to tell you that your full
Name the key hormone that causes hunger. Indicate where in the body its produced and the process
by which it operates: - ANSWER -ghrelin; its produced by the stomach; its job is to travel the brain
and stimulate the hunger center and deactivate the satiety center
Two key hormones in the process of hunger and satiety are: - ANSWER -ghrelin and leptin
Name the key hormone that causes satiety. Indicate where in the body its produced and the process
by which it operates: - ANSWER -leptin; its produced by fat cells; its job is to alert the brain, turn off
the hunger center, and activate satiety center
, There are different types of hormones related to hunger and satiety. Three major hormones for
increasing hunger are: - ANSWER -ghrelin, endorphines, and neuropeptide Y
Anytime your eating, your leptin levels should: - ANSWER -increase to tell you that your full
What are the five dimensions to evaluate health: - ANSWER -physical health, intellectual health,
emotional health, social health. and spiritual health
What is physical health: - ANSWER -the ability for the body to perform daily functions for survival
and its dependents on the nutrients that are available for the formation of bones, vitamins, minerals,
and to make hormones
What is intellectual health: - ANSWER -the cognitive ability to lean and adapt; the lack of certain
nutrients can impair our intellectual health
What is emotional health: - ANSWER -the ability to express or suppress emotions
What is social health: - ANSWER -the ability to interact with others
What is spiritual health: - ANSWER -the purpose for human existence and cultural practices
The ability for the body to perform daily function for survival is what kind of health: - ANSWER -
physical health
The cognitive ability to learn and adapt is called what kind of health: - ANSWER -intellectual health
The ability to suppress and express emotion is called what kind of health: - ANSWER -emotional
health
The ability to interact with others is called what kind of health: - ANSWER -social health
The purpose of human existence and cultural practices is defined what kind of health - ANSWER -
spiritual health
What is the difference between food and nutrients: - ANSWER -food provides energy in the form of
calories, a mixture of nutrients whereas nutrients are substances found in the foods that provide for
the building and maintaining; they are regulators for metabolic processes and reactions
Alcohol is a source of energy, however: - ANSWER -it is not consideredan essential nutrient because
aside from providing calories it has no other funciton
How many kilo-calories does alcohol have: - ANSWER -7
How many kilo-calories do proteins have: - ANSWER -4
How many kilo-calories do fats have: - ANSWER -9
How many kilo-calories do carbohydrates have: - ANSWER -4
The food and nutrition board of the national academy of sciences provides guidelines of what
percentage for each nutrient should compromise our diets, what is it for proteins: - ANSWER -10-35%
The food and nutrition board of the national academy of sciences provides guidelines of what
percentage for each nutrient should compromise our diets, what is it for carbohydrates: - ANSWER -
45-65%
