NUT 10V CHAPTER 1 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
How much does a person eat on average every year? - Answers -About 1500 pounds of
food = 1 million calories.
How much will you have eaten by age 65? - Answers -About 70,000 pounds of food in
the next 45 years.
Regulation - Answers -- E.g. Proteins regulate body fluid balance and act as enzymes
(catalyst).
Dietary reference intakes - Answers -- Nutrient reference values that is used to plan and
assess diets.
- Designed to deficiency diseases.
- Promotes optimal health and prevents chronic disease.
- Used to set RDA and daily value.
Estimated average requirement (EAR) - Answers -- Intake level for a nutrient at which
the needs of 50 percent of the population will be met.
Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) - Answers -- Estimated amount of a nutrient
per day considered necessary for the maintenance of good health.
- Established for different age groups, sex, physiological state (pregnancy, lactation).
- Designed to be averaged over several days.
- Adjustments made for diet, quality, bioavailability, food preparation (losses).
- It is a general value that meets the needs of nearly 97% of the population.
- Should be used for healthy individuals.
Adequate intake (AI) - Answers -- Recommended average daily intake level based on
observed or experimentally determined approximations or estimates of nutrient intake
by a group of healthy people.
- Used when there is not enough information to pinpoint an exact amount.
Tolerable intake level (UL) - Answers -- Highest level of daily intake that is likely to post
no adverse health effects in most human individuals.
Daily values - Answers -- Standard that is used for food labels for the typical consumer
(typically age 4+).
- Represents a "one size fits all" for package comparisons --> can compare a product to
similar ones of other brands.
Parts of the digestive system - Answers -- Mouth
- Esophagus
- Stomach
- Gallbladder
- Pancreas
How much does a person eat on average every year? - Answers -About 1500 pounds of
food = 1 million calories.
How much will you have eaten by age 65? - Answers -About 70,000 pounds of food in
the next 45 years.
Regulation - Answers -- E.g. Proteins regulate body fluid balance and act as enzymes
(catalyst).
Dietary reference intakes - Answers -- Nutrient reference values that is used to plan and
assess diets.
- Designed to deficiency diseases.
- Promotes optimal health and prevents chronic disease.
- Used to set RDA and daily value.
Estimated average requirement (EAR) - Answers -- Intake level for a nutrient at which
the needs of 50 percent of the population will be met.
Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) - Answers -- Estimated amount of a nutrient
per day considered necessary for the maintenance of good health.
- Established for different age groups, sex, physiological state (pregnancy, lactation).
- Designed to be averaged over several days.
- Adjustments made for diet, quality, bioavailability, food preparation (losses).
- It is a general value that meets the needs of nearly 97% of the population.
- Should be used for healthy individuals.
Adequate intake (AI) - Answers -- Recommended average daily intake level based on
observed or experimentally determined approximations or estimates of nutrient intake
by a group of healthy people.
- Used when there is not enough information to pinpoint an exact amount.
Tolerable intake level (UL) - Answers -- Highest level of daily intake that is likely to post
no adverse health effects in most human individuals.
Daily values - Answers -- Standard that is used for food labels for the typical consumer
(typically age 4+).
- Represents a "one size fits all" for package comparisons --> can compare a product to
similar ones of other brands.
Parts of the digestive system - Answers -- Mouth
- Esophagus
- Stomach
- Gallbladder
- Pancreas
