HUN 1201 midterm Exam Study Guide with Complete Solutions

HUN 1201 midterm Exam Study Guide with Complete Solutions Why is it important for healthcare professionals to study the fundamentals of nutrition? - Answer️️ -To understand the basics of nourishing the human body. When did nutrition become a research interest? - Answer️️ -When scientists began to make connections between diet and illness what is a chronic disease? give some examples. - Answer️️ -A disease with slow progression and a long duration. Examples: -asthma -anxiety/depression -obesity -cancer -allergies -alzheimer's risk factor - Answer️️ -a condition or behavior associated with an elevated frequency but not proved to be casual what are some of the risk factors for developing chronic disease? - Answer️️ --family history -ethnicity -age ©SOPHIABENNETT 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR 7:59 PM Page | 2 -lifestyle nutrition - Answer️️ -the science of foods and the substances they contain and their actions within the body diet - Answer️️ -the foods and beverages a person consumes ultra-processed foods - Answer️️ -foods that have had their natural composition altered in some way organic foods - Answer️️ -foods that typically don't have added chemicals as opposed to conventional processed foods difference and benefit to organic foods - Answer️️ -Between the two, organic is the better option. The food does not contain genetically modified ingredients, no chemicals, no pesticides, no radiation, etc. calorie - Answer️️ -a calorie(kilocalorie) is the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 kg of water by 1 degree Celsius while performing an experiment to measure the amount of energy in a specific food you notice a change in the temperature of 130 degrees C. How many calories does the food provide? - Answer️️ -130 calories malnutrition - Answer️️ -A nutritional status that is out of balance; an individual is either getting too much or not enough of a particular nutrient or energy over a significant period of time. primary deficiency - Answer️️ -a nutrient deficiency caused by inadequate dietary intake of a nutrient ©SOPHIABENNETT 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR 7:59 PM Page | 3 secondary deficiency - Answer️️ -a nutrient deficiency caused by something other than an inadequate intake such as: -disease -drug interaction -drug causing excretion -nutrient not being used properly registered dietitian - Answer️️ -a healthcare professional who provides food and nutrition counseling/education. the ____ of our food matters more than the _____ - Answer️️ -The quality of our food matters more than the quantity conventional medicine - Answer️️ -conventional medicine is the standard model of care functional medicine - Answer️️ -new field of medicine that focuses on the individual and supports normal healing mechanisms of the body. It gets to the root of the illness by identifying imbalances and treating them with food nutritional genomics - Answer️️ -explores complex interactions among gene functioning, diet, and other lifestyle choices, and the environment intestinal microbiome - Answer️️ -The diverse array of microbes that colonizes the human intestine. -end of unit 1 ©SOPHIABENNETT 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR 7:59 PM Page | 4 nutrients - Answer️️ -substances in food that provide energy and structure to the body and regulate body processes essential nutrients - Answer️️ -nutrients that are needed i