Table of Contents
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,Chapter 1: Food Choices and Human Health
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Chapter 2: Nutrition Tools – Standards and Guidelines
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h Chapter 3: The Remarkable Body
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Chapter 4: The Carbohydrates: Sugar, Starch, Glycogen and Fibre
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h Chapter 5: The Lipids: Fats, Oil, Phospholipids, and Sterols
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h Chapter 6: The Proteins and Amino Acids
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Chapter 7: The Vitamins
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h Chapter 8: Water and Minerals
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Chapter 9: Energy Balance and Healthy Body Weight
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Chapter 10: Nutrients, Recreational Physical Activity, and the Body’s
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h Responses
Chapter 11: Role of Diet in the Primary and Secondary Prevention of
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h Chronic Disease
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Chapter 12: Food Safety and Food Bio-Technology
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h Chapter 13: Life Cycle Nutrition: Mother and Infant
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h Chapter 14: Child, Teen, and Older Adult
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Chapter 15: Hunger and the Global Environment
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,Chapter 1 Food Choices and Human Health
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MULTICHOICE
1. Which hof hthe hfollowing hconditions his hthe hmost hresponsive hto hnutrition?
(A) diabetes
(B) iron h deficiency hanemia
(C) sickle hcell hdisease
(D) heart h disease
Answer h : h (B)
2. What h is h the h name h for hthe hstudy hof henvironmental hinfluences h on h genetic h expression?
(A) epigenetics
(B) genetic h counselling
(C) nutritional hnucleic hacid h pool
(D) genetic h metabolics
Answer h : h (A)
3. The hintegration hof hnutrition, hgenomic hscience, hand hmolecular hbiology hhas hlaunched ha
h new harea hof hstudy. hWhat his hthis harea hof hstudy hcalled?
(A) nutrition h genetics
(B) nutritional hgenomics
(C) nutritional hmolecular hscience
(D) nutritional hscience
Answer h : h (B)
4. How h many hclasses h of h nutrients h are h there?
(A) h 2
(B) h 4
(C) h 6
, (D) h 8
Answer h : h (C)
5. Which h of h the h following h nutrients h is h considered h organic?
(A) minerals
(B) carbohydrate
(C) water
(D) alcohol
Answer h : h (B)
6. Which hof hthe hfollowing hnutrients hyields henergy hand halso hprovides hmaterials hthat
h form hstructures hand hworking hparts hof hbody htissues?
(A) proteins
(B) vitamins
(C) fats
(D) proteins
Answer h : h (D)
7. Which hof hthe hfollowing hnutrients his henergy-yielding?
(A) carbohydrates
(B) vitamins
(C) water
(D) minerals
Answer h : h (A)
8. Which h of h the h following hstatements h best h defines h an h "essential" h nutrient?
(A) It h is h necessary h for h good h health h and h proper h functioning hof hthe h body.
(B) It h can h be hobtained h only h from h the h diet.
(C) It h can h be h manufactured h by hthe h body hfrom hraw h materials.
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,Chapter 1: Food Choices and Human Health
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Chapter 2: Nutrition Tools – Standards and Guidelines
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h Chapter 3: The Remarkable Body
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Chapter 4: The Carbohydrates: Sugar, Starch, Glycogen and Fibre
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h Chapter 5: The Lipids: Fats, Oil, Phospholipids, and Sterols
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h Chapter 6: The Proteins and Amino Acids
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Chapter 7: The Vitamins
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h Chapter 8: Water and Minerals
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Chapter 9: Energy Balance and Healthy Body Weight
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Chapter 10: Nutrients, Recreational Physical Activity, and the Body’s
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h Responses
Chapter 11: Role of Diet in the Primary and Secondary Prevention of
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h Chronic Disease
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Chapter 12: Food Safety and Food Bio-Technology
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h Chapter 13: Life Cycle Nutrition: Mother and Infant
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h Chapter 14: Child, Teen, and Older Adult
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Chapter 15: Hunger and the Global Environment
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,Chapter 1 Food Choices and Human Health
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MULTICHOICE
1. Which hof hthe hfollowing hconditions his hthe hmost hresponsive hto hnutrition?
(A) diabetes
(B) iron h deficiency hanemia
(C) sickle hcell hdisease
(D) heart h disease
Answer h : h (B)
2. What h is h the h name h for hthe hstudy hof henvironmental hinfluences h on h genetic h expression?
(A) epigenetics
(B) genetic h counselling
(C) nutritional hnucleic hacid h pool
(D) genetic h metabolics
Answer h : h (A)
3. The hintegration hof hnutrition, hgenomic hscience, hand hmolecular hbiology hhas hlaunched ha
h new harea hof hstudy. hWhat his hthis harea hof hstudy hcalled?
(A) nutrition h genetics
(B) nutritional hgenomics
(C) nutritional hmolecular hscience
(D) nutritional hscience
Answer h : h (B)
4. How h many hclasses h of h nutrients h are h there?
(A) h 2
(B) h 4
(C) h 6
, (D) h 8
Answer h : h (C)
5. Which h of h the h following h nutrients h is h considered h organic?
(A) minerals
(B) carbohydrate
(C) water
(D) alcohol
Answer h : h (B)
6. Which hof hthe hfollowing hnutrients hyields henergy hand halso hprovides hmaterials hthat
h form hstructures hand hworking hparts hof hbody htissues?
(A) proteins
(B) vitamins
(C) fats
(D) proteins
Answer h : h (D)
7. Which hof hthe hfollowing hnutrients his henergy-yielding?
(A) carbohydrates
(B) vitamins
(C) water
(D) minerals
Answer h : h (A)
8. Which h of h the h following hstatements h best h defines h an h "essential" h nutrient?
(A) It h is h necessary h for h good h health h and h proper h functioning hof hthe h body.
(B) It h can h be hobtained h only h from h the h diet.
(C) It h can h be h manufactured h by hthe h body hfrom hraw h materials.
