Nutrition and Diet Therapy questions
with answers provided
Basal Metabolic rate ✅✅energy to maintain life-sustainging activities (i.e. heart rate
temperature etc.) for a specific period of time at rest
Resting Energy Expenditure ✅✅amount of energy that an individual needs to
consume over a 24 hour period to maintain all of it's internal working activities at rest
Kilocalories ✅✅the unit in which energy is measured
Nutrient ✅✅elements necessary for normal function of body processes
Nutrient density ✅✅the amount of nutrients relative to the number of calories they
provide
Characteristics of nutrients ✅✅obtained from food, provide energy, promote growth,
maintenance, and repair for body tissues
Essential Nutrients ✅✅nutrients that must be obtained food, unable to produce
enough on own
6 essential nutrients ✅✅water, Carbohydrates (CHO), Fats (lipids), Proteins,
Vitmains, minerals
KCal/g in Carbohydrates and Proteins ✅✅4 kcal/g
kcal/g in fats ✅✅9 kcal/g
Carbohydrates ✅✅preferred energy source
Simple Carbohydrates ✅✅Monosaccharides and Disaccharides
Complex ✅✅polysaccharides
Monosaccharides ✅✅Glucose, Fructose, Galactose
Disaccharides ✅✅maltose, sucrose (table sugars), lactose
Polysaccharides ✅✅Starch, Glycogen, fibers
Complex carbohydrates ✅✅Polysaccharides
with answers provided
Basal Metabolic rate ✅✅energy to maintain life-sustainging activities (i.e. heart rate
temperature etc.) for a specific period of time at rest
Resting Energy Expenditure ✅✅amount of energy that an individual needs to
consume over a 24 hour period to maintain all of it's internal working activities at rest
Kilocalories ✅✅the unit in which energy is measured
Nutrient ✅✅elements necessary for normal function of body processes
Nutrient density ✅✅the amount of nutrients relative to the number of calories they
provide
Characteristics of nutrients ✅✅obtained from food, provide energy, promote growth,
maintenance, and repair for body tissues
Essential Nutrients ✅✅nutrients that must be obtained food, unable to produce
enough on own
6 essential nutrients ✅✅water, Carbohydrates (CHO), Fats (lipids), Proteins,
Vitmains, minerals
KCal/g in Carbohydrates and Proteins ✅✅4 kcal/g
kcal/g in fats ✅✅9 kcal/g
Carbohydrates ✅✅preferred energy source
Simple Carbohydrates ✅✅Monosaccharides and Disaccharides
Complex ✅✅polysaccharides
Monosaccharides ✅✅Glucose, Fructose, Galactose
Disaccharides ✅✅maltose, sucrose (table sugars), lactose
Polysaccharides ✅✅Starch, Glycogen, fibers
Complex carbohydrates ✅✅Polysaccharides
