Food and nutrition questions with
correct solutions
Water ✅✅Is the most common nutrient in food.
Fat ✅✅Is a nutrient
Vitamins ✅✅Do not provide the body's main source of energy.
Not everybody ✅✅Needs the same nutrients in the same amounts.
Daily Values ✅✅Are the nutrition standards that are used on nutrition labels.
Saliva ✅✅Contains a chemical that helps to break down food.
Absorption ✅✅Is a process in which nutrients moves into the bloodstream.
False ✅✅Energy is measured in units called kilograms, better known as grams.
Basal metabolic rate ✅✅Is the amount of energy that your body uses for basal
metabolism.
False ✅✅Most of your calories should come from proteins.
Carbohydrates ✅✅Are the largest part of a healthy diet.
Starch ✅✅Is a carbohydrate with a more complex chemical structure than a sugar.
True ✅✅Many fruits and vegetables contain sugar.
True ✅✅Foods sweetened with sugar substitutes may still be high in calories and fat.
False ✅✅To stay healthy, you should eat more simple carbohydrates than complex
carbohydrates.
Proteins ✅✅Are found in animal and plant foods.
False ✅✅When you eat a protein food, the body breaks it down into stomach acids.
False ✅✅A food that has eight of the nine essential amino acids is called a complete
protein.
correct solutions
Water ✅✅Is the most common nutrient in food.
Fat ✅✅Is a nutrient
Vitamins ✅✅Do not provide the body's main source of energy.
Not everybody ✅✅Needs the same nutrients in the same amounts.
Daily Values ✅✅Are the nutrition standards that are used on nutrition labels.
Saliva ✅✅Contains a chemical that helps to break down food.
Absorption ✅✅Is a process in which nutrients moves into the bloodstream.
False ✅✅Energy is measured in units called kilograms, better known as grams.
Basal metabolic rate ✅✅Is the amount of energy that your body uses for basal
metabolism.
False ✅✅Most of your calories should come from proteins.
Carbohydrates ✅✅Are the largest part of a healthy diet.
Starch ✅✅Is a carbohydrate with a more complex chemical structure than a sugar.
True ✅✅Many fruits and vegetables contain sugar.
True ✅✅Foods sweetened with sugar substitutes may still be high in calories and fat.
False ✅✅To stay healthy, you should eat more simple carbohydrates than complex
carbohydrates.
Proteins ✅✅Are found in animal and plant foods.
False ✅✅When you eat a protein food, the body breaks it down into stomach acids.
False ✅✅A food that has eight of the nine essential amino acids is called a complete
protein.
