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TEST BANK - Nutrition: Concepts &
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Controversies, 16th Edition by Frances Sizer
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& Ellie Whitney
ALL CHAPTERS COVERED 1-15| VERIFIED
QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
FOR PRACTICE
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Food Choices and Human Health
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Chapter 2: Nutrition Tools – Standards and Guidelines
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Chapter 3: The Remarkable Body
Chapter 4: The Carbohydrates: Sugar, Starch, Glycogen and Fibre
Chapter 5: The Lipids: Fats, Oil, Phospholipids, and Sterols
Chapter 6: The Proteins and Amino Acids
Chapter 7: The Vitamins
Chapter 8: Water and Minerals
Chapter 9: Energy Balance and Healthy Body Weight
Chapter 10: Nutrients, Recreational Physical Activity, and the Body’s Responses
Chapter 11: Role of Diet in the Primary and Secondary Prevention of Chronic Disease
Chapter 12: Food Safety and Food Bio-Technology
Chapter 13: Life Cycle Nutrition: Mother and Infant
Chapter 14: Child, Teen, and Older Adult
Chapter 15: Hunger and the Global Environment
Chapter 1: Food Choices and Human Health
MULTICHOICE
1. Which of the following conditions is the most responsive to nutrition?
(A) diabetes
(B) iron deficiency anemia
(C) sickle cell disease
(D) heart disease
Correct Answer: (B)
2. What is the name for the study of environmental influences on genetic expression?
(A) epigenetics
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(B) genetic counselling
(C) nutritional nucleic acid pool
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(D) genetic metabolics
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Correct Answer: (A)
3. The integration of nutrition, genomic science, and molecular biology has launched a new area of study.
What is this area of study called?
(A) nutrition genetics
(B) nutritional genomics
(C) nutritional molecular science
(D) nutritional science
Correct Answer: (B)
4. How many classes of nutrients are there?
(A) 2
(B) 4
(C) 6
(D) 8
Correct Answer: (C)
5. Which of the following nutrients is considered organic?
(A) minerals
(B) carbohydrate
(C) water
(D) alcohol
Correct Answer: (B)
6. Which of the following nutrients yields energy and also provides materials that form structures and working
parts of body tissues?
(A) proteins
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(B) vitamins
(C) fats
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(D) proteins
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Correct Answer: (D)
7. Which of the following nutrients is energy-yielding?
(A) carbohydrates
(B) vitamins
(C) water
(D) minerals
Correct Answer: (A)
8. Which of the following statements best defines an "essential" nutrient?
(A) It is necessary for good health and proper functioning of the body.
(B) It can be obtained only from the diet.
(C) It can be manufactured by the body from raw materials.
(D) It can be manufactured by the body itself.
Correct Answer: (B)
9. Which of the following nutrients is the most energy-rich?
(A) fat
(B) protein
(C) minerals
(D) carbohydrate
Correct Answer: (A)
10. Which of the following units do food scientists use to measure food energy?
(A) units of mass
(B) kilocalories
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