UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
What is nutrition: - CORRECT ANSWER - nutrition by definition is a science that links
food to health and disease. It includes the processes that humans ingest, digest, absorb, transport,
and excrete substances
Nutrition spands all ages in which: - CORRECT ANSWER - it impacts the time of birth to
the time of death
How do pharmaceuticals and the food industry play into nutrition: - CORRECT
ANSWER - through the different supplements we take, what we eat and why we eat as far
as food safety, mass production, restaurants, manufacturers, media, and food labels
Nutrition by definition is the science that links food to: - CORRECT ANSWER - health
and disease
Good nutrition as well as exercise leads to: - CORRECT ANSWER - good health
Media plays a huge role into nutrition as far as: - CORRECT ANSWER - marketing, fad
diets, celebrities, etc.
Nutrients can be classified as: - CORRECT ANSWER - macro-nutrient, micro-nutrient,
organic, and inorganic
Macro-nutrient: - CORRECT ANSWER - needed in large amounts in the body
Micro-nutrients: - CORRECT ANSWER - needed in small amounts in the body
, Organic: - CORRECT ANSWER - a compound that contains carbon and hydrogen
Inorganic: - CORRECT ANSWER - any substance that doesn't contain carbon
Mechanical energy: - CORRECT ANSWER - perform muscular movements
What are hormones: - CORRECT ANSWER - they are compounds that are secreted into
the bloodstream by different cells, and their goal is to act to control the function of another type
of cell
Ghrelin: - CORRECT ANSWER - is produced by the stomach; its job is to travel to the
brain,stimulate the hunger center, and deactivate the satiety center
Leptin: - CORRECT ANSWER - is produced by fat cells called adipose tissue; its job is to
alert the brain, turn off the hunger center, and activate the satiety center' any time your eating
your leptin levels should increase to tell you that your full
Name the key hormone that causes hunger. Indicate where in the body its produced and the
process by which it operates: - CORRECT ANSWER - ghrelin; its produced by the
stomach; its job is to travel the brain and stimulate the hunger center and deactivate the satiety
center
Two key hormones in the process of hunger and satiety are: - CORRECT ANSWER -
ghrelin and leptin
Name the key hormone that causes satiety. Indicate where in the body its produced and the
process by which it operates: - CORRECT ANSWER - leptin; its produced by fat cells; its
job is to alert the brain, turn off the hunger center, and activate satiety center
There are different types of hormones related to hunger and satiety. Three major hormones for
increasing hunger are: - CORRECT ANSWER - ghrelin, endorphines, and neuropeptide Y