Chapter 1 – Why Does Nutrition Matter?
Chapter Outline
LO 1: Define and understand the meaning of nutrition.
I. What is nutrition? Key terms:
nutrition dietitian
LO 2: Understand the purpose and classification of nutrients.
II. What are nutrients, & what Key terms:
do they do?
nutrient macronutrients
A. Essential, nonessential,
& conditionally essential essential nutrient micronutrients
nutrients nonessential nutrient phytochemical
B. Organic nutrients, conditionally essential nutrient zoochemical
inorganic nutrients, &
organic foods organic compound functional food
1. Are organic foods inorganic compound
healthier?
Figures:
C. Macronutrients &
1.1 The USDA Organic Foods Seal
micronutrients
1.2 Understanding Food Labels of Organic
1. Other health-
Products
promoting
substances
LO 3: Differentiate the major groups of nutrients.
III. What kinds of Tables:
macronutrients &
micronutrients exist? 1.1 Grouping Macronutrients and Micronutrients
A. Carbohydrates
, B. Proteins
C. Lipids
D. Water
E. Vitamins
F. Minerals
LO 4: Define calorie and explain energy.
IV. How is the energy in food Key terms:
measured?
energy adenosine triphosphate
A. Calories represent the (ATP)
amount of energy in a energy-yielding
food nutrient calorie
B. Is there actually energy Figures:
in your energy drink? 1.3 Nutritional Energy
Tables:
1.2 Calculating the Calorie Content of a Typical
Breakfast
, LO 5: Outline the scientific method.
V. How do nutritional Key terms:
scientists conduct their
research? scientific method control group
A. Step 1: The observation hypothesis placebo effect
must be accurate cause-and-effect placebo
B. Step 2: A hypothesis relationship
researcher bias
explains the observation causal relationship
single-blind study
C. Step 3: Experimentation correlation
double-blind study
1. Epidemiologic studies association
random assignment
2. Intervention studies epidemiologic study
intervention study
Figures:
1.4 Intervention Studies
1.5 Components of a Nutrition Intervention Study
LO 6: Evaluate the validity of a nutritional claim.
VI. Are all nutrition claims Key terms:
believable?
peer-reviewed journal
A. Where was the study
published? Tables:
1.3 Some Reliable Sources of Nutrition Information
B. Who conducted the
study?
C. Who paid for the
research?
D. Did the researchers use
the right study design?
E. Do public health
organizations concur?
, LO 7: Understand the connection between nutrition and health.
VII. Nutrition & health: What is Key terms:
the connection?
rate disease
A. Public health agencies
mortality rate infectious disease
B. Mortality & morbidity
rates infant mortality rate noninfectious disease
C. Life expectancy morbidity rate chronic degenerative
disease
D. Diseases are either life expectancy
infectious or risk factor
graying of America
noninfectious nutrition transition
1. Chronic degenerative
diseases have largely Figures:
replaced infectious 1.6 Changes in Life Expectancy and Infant
diseases Mortality Rate Over the Past Century
2. Risk factors of 1.7 Five Leading Causes of Death Over the Past
chronic diseases Century
E. How nutritionally
healthy are we?
LO 8: Appreciate the importance of nutrition.
VIII. Why study nutrition? [No key terms, figures, or tables appear in this
section.]
Web Resources Directory
UMMC: Nutrition Overview –
http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/nutrition-000357.htm LO: 1
Defines clinical nutrition.
Chapter Outline
LO 1: Define and understand the meaning of nutrition.
I. What is nutrition? Key terms:
nutrition dietitian
LO 2: Understand the purpose and classification of nutrients.
II. What are nutrients, & what Key terms:
do they do?
nutrient macronutrients
A. Essential, nonessential,
& conditionally essential essential nutrient micronutrients
nutrients nonessential nutrient phytochemical
B. Organic nutrients, conditionally essential nutrient zoochemical
inorganic nutrients, &
organic foods organic compound functional food
1. Are organic foods inorganic compound
healthier?
Figures:
C. Macronutrients &
1.1 The USDA Organic Foods Seal
micronutrients
1.2 Understanding Food Labels of Organic
1. Other health-
Products
promoting
substances
LO 3: Differentiate the major groups of nutrients.
III. What kinds of Tables:
macronutrients &
micronutrients exist? 1.1 Grouping Macronutrients and Micronutrients
A. Carbohydrates
, B. Proteins
C. Lipids
D. Water
E. Vitamins
F. Minerals
LO 4: Define calorie and explain energy.
IV. How is the energy in food Key terms:
measured?
energy adenosine triphosphate
A. Calories represent the (ATP)
amount of energy in a energy-yielding
food nutrient calorie
B. Is there actually energy Figures:
in your energy drink? 1.3 Nutritional Energy
Tables:
1.2 Calculating the Calorie Content of a Typical
Breakfast
, LO 5: Outline the scientific method.
V. How do nutritional Key terms:
scientists conduct their
research? scientific method control group
A. Step 1: The observation hypothesis placebo effect
must be accurate cause-and-effect placebo
B. Step 2: A hypothesis relationship
researcher bias
explains the observation causal relationship
single-blind study
C. Step 3: Experimentation correlation
double-blind study
1. Epidemiologic studies association
random assignment
2. Intervention studies epidemiologic study
intervention study
Figures:
1.4 Intervention Studies
1.5 Components of a Nutrition Intervention Study
LO 6: Evaluate the validity of a nutritional claim.
VI. Are all nutrition claims Key terms:
believable?
peer-reviewed journal
A. Where was the study
published? Tables:
1.3 Some Reliable Sources of Nutrition Information
B. Who conducted the
study?
C. Who paid for the
research?
D. Did the researchers use
the right study design?
E. Do public health
organizations concur?
, LO 7: Understand the connection between nutrition and health.
VII. Nutrition & health: What is Key terms:
the connection?
rate disease
A. Public health agencies
mortality rate infectious disease
B. Mortality & morbidity
rates infant mortality rate noninfectious disease
C. Life expectancy morbidity rate chronic degenerative
disease
D. Diseases are either life expectancy
infectious or risk factor
graying of America
noninfectious nutrition transition
1. Chronic degenerative
diseases have largely Figures:
replaced infectious 1.6 Changes in Life Expectancy and Infant
diseases Mortality Rate Over the Past Century
2. Risk factors of 1.7 Five Leading Causes of Death Over the Past
chronic diseases Century
E. How nutritionally
healthy are we?
LO 8: Appreciate the importance of nutrition.
VIII. Why study nutrition? [No key terms, figures, or tables appear in this
section.]
Web Resources Directory
UMMC: Nutrition Overview –
http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/nutrition-000357.htm LO: 1
Defines clinical nutrition.
