PORTAGE NUTRITION COMPREHENSIVE EXAM 2025/2026
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+ TIP
✔✔Early influences expose us to a variety of foods that we relate to people, places, and
events. Many of our diet habits begin during childhood, and the memories carry through
for the rest of our lives. Consuming our favorite foods can make us feel better, provide
security, decrease anxiety, and relieve stress. Positive or negative feelings associated
with particular foods may begin in childhood but persist throughout our lifetime. -
✔✔comfort foods
✔✔his is a major media tool used to influence our food choices in terms of intake as
well as what we purchase. Advertisements aimed at children are a major marketing
strategy. The U.S. food industry spends billions of dollars each year on advertising.
Some of the most popular food items advertised are high in sugar or fat. -
✔✔advertising
✔✔It is rare to attend any type of social event and not find food. The occasion may be
happy, sad, or business related, but society seems to dictate that food must be served.
Social factors have a strong influence on what we eat. Much of this is learned from
parents and influenced by peers. In addition, time is limited for many of us, and the food
industry has responded by providing many convenient options for consumers.
Supermarkets now provide many options for time-pressed consumers in the form of
microwavable meals and snacks, prepackaged vegetables, quick prep frozen products,
and home-style meals. - ✔✔social factors
✔✔Individual choices can be determined by stage in the life cycle, health status,
educational background, and social status. Nutrition information provided on food labels
can aid consumers who are trying to make healthy food choices. - ✔✔nutritional value
✔✔environmental forces include - ✔✔economics
lifestyle
cultural/ religious beliefs
enviornment
✔✔This plays a major role in our food choices. Families with higher incomes typically
spend more money on meals eaten away from home. The types of food purchased are
often affected by income. - ✔✔economics
✔✔Nuclear family, single-parent household, single-career women, and elderly
individuals all have different lifestyles. Time, convenience, and income influence our
lifestyles and food choices. - ✔✔lifestyle
✔✔Culture defines our attitudes, and it is the strongest influence on food preferences.
Food may have a symbolic meaning related to family traditions, social status,
, experience, customs, and health. The culture in which we are raised has a major impact
on what foods we prefer. In all cultures, eating is a primary way of maintaining social
relationships. - ✔✔cultural/ religious beliefs
✔✔For many of us a weekly trip to the supermarket is taken for granted. However,
people who live in very rural or inner-city areas may not have a grocery store near. In
this instance, choices become very limited, and it is difficult to purchase fresh fruit and
vegetables as well as other staples at reasonable costs. Location and climate affect
food costs, which in turn determines food choice. - ✔✔enviornemnt
✔✔health status factors include - ✔✔- physical restrictions related to disease
- declining taste sensitivity related to age or medications
- age and gender
✔✔true purpose of eating - ✔✔to nourish our bodies
✔✔Nutrients in food are vital to our well-being as they are used by our bodies to... -
✔✔(1) promote growth and development;
(2) maintain tissue, cells, and bone;
(3) fuel the body for physical and metabolic work; and
(4) regulate body processes.
✔✔nutrients that are vital for sustaining our health are referred to as - ✔✔essential
nutrients
(there are over 45)
✔✔There are six classes of nutrients that serve three general functions: - ✔✔(1) to
provide energy,
(2) to regulate body processes, and
(3) to contribute to cellular and body structure.
✔✔macronutrient - ✔✔needed in large amounts in the body
✔✔micronutrient - ✔✔needed in small amounts in the body
✔✔organic - ✔✔a compound that contains carbon and hydrogen
✔✔inorganic - ✔✔any substance that does not contain carbon
✔✔carbohydrate class and function - ✔✔organic macronutrient
energy source
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+ TIP
✔✔Early influences expose us to a variety of foods that we relate to people, places, and
events. Many of our diet habits begin during childhood, and the memories carry through
for the rest of our lives. Consuming our favorite foods can make us feel better, provide
security, decrease anxiety, and relieve stress. Positive or negative feelings associated
with particular foods may begin in childhood but persist throughout our lifetime. -
✔✔comfort foods
✔✔his is a major media tool used to influence our food choices in terms of intake as
well as what we purchase. Advertisements aimed at children are a major marketing
strategy. The U.S. food industry spends billions of dollars each year on advertising.
Some of the most popular food items advertised are high in sugar or fat. -
✔✔advertising
✔✔It is rare to attend any type of social event and not find food. The occasion may be
happy, sad, or business related, but society seems to dictate that food must be served.
Social factors have a strong influence on what we eat. Much of this is learned from
parents and influenced by peers. In addition, time is limited for many of us, and the food
industry has responded by providing many convenient options for consumers.
Supermarkets now provide many options for time-pressed consumers in the form of
microwavable meals and snacks, prepackaged vegetables, quick prep frozen products,
and home-style meals. - ✔✔social factors
✔✔Individual choices can be determined by stage in the life cycle, health status,
educational background, and social status. Nutrition information provided on food labels
can aid consumers who are trying to make healthy food choices. - ✔✔nutritional value
✔✔environmental forces include - ✔✔economics
lifestyle
cultural/ religious beliefs
enviornment
✔✔This plays a major role in our food choices. Families with higher incomes typically
spend more money on meals eaten away from home. The types of food purchased are
often affected by income. - ✔✔economics
✔✔Nuclear family, single-parent household, single-career women, and elderly
individuals all have different lifestyles. Time, convenience, and income influence our
lifestyles and food choices. - ✔✔lifestyle
✔✔Culture defines our attitudes, and it is the strongest influence on food preferences.
Food may have a symbolic meaning related to family traditions, social status,
, experience, customs, and health. The culture in which we are raised has a major impact
on what foods we prefer. In all cultures, eating is a primary way of maintaining social
relationships. - ✔✔cultural/ religious beliefs
✔✔For many of us a weekly trip to the supermarket is taken for granted. However,
people who live in very rural or inner-city areas may not have a grocery store near. In
this instance, choices become very limited, and it is difficult to purchase fresh fruit and
vegetables as well as other staples at reasonable costs. Location and climate affect
food costs, which in turn determines food choice. - ✔✔enviornemnt
✔✔health status factors include - ✔✔- physical restrictions related to disease
- declining taste sensitivity related to age or medications
- age and gender
✔✔true purpose of eating - ✔✔to nourish our bodies
✔✔Nutrients in food are vital to our well-being as they are used by our bodies to... -
✔✔(1) promote growth and development;
(2) maintain tissue, cells, and bone;
(3) fuel the body for physical and metabolic work; and
(4) regulate body processes.
✔✔nutrients that are vital for sustaining our health are referred to as - ✔✔essential
nutrients
(there are over 45)
✔✔There are six classes of nutrients that serve three general functions: - ✔✔(1) to
provide energy,
(2) to regulate body processes, and
(3) to contribute to cellular and body structure.
✔✔macronutrient - ✔✔needed in large amounts in the body
✔✔micronutrient - ✔✔needed in small amounts in the body
✔✔organic - ✔✔a compound that contains carbon and hydrogen
✔✔inorganic - ✔✔any substance that does not contain carbon
✔✔carbohydrate class and function - ✔✔organic macronutrient
energy source
