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False True or False? President Theodore Roosevelt passed the Agricultural Adjustment
Act of 1933 to stabilize crop prices by controlling food overproduction. The Farm Bill is
currently implemented as of 2016.
false True or False? Catabolism is the last destructive stage of the metabolic process.
true True or False? According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, American
consumption of sugar now averages more than 150 pounds per year, whereas a century ago the
average intake of sugar was about 4 pounds per year.
true True or False? People eating calories through solid food with sugar feel fuller than if
they were drinking the same number of calories with sugar.
Women, Infants and Children's (WIC) program. A program intended to provide nutrition
at that crucial time in human development when markers for human growth and cellular
resilience are taking shape—in the womb and during the first few years of childhood
,4 If your diet is healthy and well balanced, this means that drinking ______12-ounce
glasses of water per day is probably enough to supplement what you are getting from fruits and
vegetables.
epigenetics ________ is the process by which our genes respond to environmental cues,
and while our genetic code doesn't change, biological responses, or "switches" can change as a
result of nutritional scarcity or abundance in the womb.
fatty acids Which of the following are the basic building block of lipids and represent the
densest form of dietary energy, providing approximately 9 kilocalories (kcal) per gram?
true Chewing is influenced by whether you have a healthy set of teeth.
aerobic exercise 3 Exercise that helps improve how the body uses oxygen; continuous
activity that elevates the heart rate to around 75% of a person's maximum rate.
anaerobic exercise Type of muscle focused on activities of high intensity and short
duration.
, musculoskeletal fitness Fitness composed of muscular strength, endurance, and flexibility.
glucose A simple sugar found in fruits and vegetables; the main source of energy for
living things.
body mass index (BMI) A calculation to measure obesity based on a person's height and
weight.
metabolism Process that occurs inside the body at the cellular and the physiological levels
to generate energy and maintain life.
built environments Physical environments where communities live and interact.
fast-twitch Muscles that are effective for movements like jumping and sprinting; the
muscles contract quickly, but fatigue sooner.
slow-twitch Muscle fibers that contract slower, are smaller, have more aerobic capacity,
and less anaerobic capacity.