Human Nutrition Midterm Exam question
with answers
Dietary Guidelines for Americans are recommendations in four major topic areas,
including - -manage body weight
-Phytochemicals are non-nutrients in plant foods that have been shown to benefit
nutritional health as much as some nutrients - -True
-In general, most people need to eat - -more whole grains
-The nutrient classes with (0) calories are - -vitamins, minerals, water
-The government's USDA Food Pattern recommends ________ calories as a guide. - -
2000
-Careless intake of unhealthy foods may promote chronic disease(s) of - -All of the
above: heart disease, diabetes and cancer
-In the Exchange System, each portion of food grouped in the same list has about
the same amount of - -energy (calories)
-The units used to measure energy are - -calories
-The diet planning principle when a person decreases high calorie foods and
increases low calorie foods is - -moderation
-Regarding protein, Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend we choose - -lean
meats
-Discretionary calories can include - -All of the above
-Nutrients have several functions in the body. Some of these include - -All of the
above
-Solid fats are - -(ALL OF THE ABOVE) solid at room temp, usually found in animal
products, and hydrogenated
-This diet planning principle encourages eating different foods and forms of food
regularly instead of the same foods daily. - -variety
-The energy-yielding nutrients are - -all of the above
-Food organized in the same food group of the USDA Food Pattern are most similar
in their content of - -vitamins and minerals
-One ounce of most animal protein foods contains about _______ grams of protein or
about ______ calories from protein. - -7, 28
with answers
Dietary Guidelines for Americans are recommendations in four major topic areas,
including - -manage body weight
-Phytochemicals are non-nutrients in plant foods that have been shown to benefit
nutritional health as much as some nutrients - -True
-In general, most people need to eat - -more whole grains
-The nutrient classes with (0) calories are - -vitamins, minerals, water
-The government's USDA Food Pattern recommends ________ calories as a guide. - -
2000
-Careless intake of unhealthy foods may promote chronic disease(s) of - -All of the
above: heart disease, diabetes and cancer
-In the Exchange System, each portion of food grouped in the same list has about
the same amount of - -energy (calories)
-The units used to measure energy are - -calories
-The diet planning principle when a person decreases high calorie foods and
increases low calorie foods is - -moderation
-Regarding protein, Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend we choose - -lean
meats
-Discretionary calories can include - -All of the above
-Nutrients have several functions in the body. Some of these include - -All of the
above
-Solid fats are - -(ALL OF THE ABOVE) solid at room temp, usually found in animal
products, and hydrogenated
-This diet planning principle encourages eating different foods and forms of food
regularly instead of the same foods daily. - -variety
-The energy-yielding nutrients are - -all of the above
-Food organized in the same food group of the USDA Food Pattern are most similar
in their content of - -vitamins and minerals
-One ounce of most animal protein foods contains about _______ grams of protein or
about ______ calories from protein. - -7, 28
