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Nutrition: Concepts and Controversies,
5th Edition, All Chapters 1 - 15
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Food Choices and Human Health
Chapter 2: Nutrition Tools – Standards and Guidelines
Chapter 3: The Remarkable Body
Chapter 4: The Carbohydrates: Sugar, Starch, Glycogen and
Fibre Chapter 5: The Lipids: Fats, Oil, Phospholipids, and
Sterols Chapter 6: The Proteins and Amino Acids
Chapter 7: The Vitamins
Chapter 8: Water and
Minerals
Chapter 9: Energy Balance and Healthy Body Weight
Chapter 10: Nutrients, Recreational Physical Activity, and the
Body’s Responses
Chapter 11: Role of Diet in the Primary and Secondary
Prevention of Chronic Disease
Chapter 12: Food Safety and Food Bio-
Technology Chapter 13: Life Cycle Nutrition:
Mother and Infant Chapter 14: Child, Teen,
and Older Adult
Chapter 15: Hunger and the Global Environment
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Chapter 1 Food Choices and Human Health
MULTICHOICE
1. Which of the following conditions is the most responsive to nutrition?
(A) diabetes
(B) iron deficiency anemia
(C) sickle cell disease
(D) heart disease
Ans; (B)
2. What is the name for the study of environmental influences on genetic expression?
(A) epigenetics
(B) genetic counselling
(C) nutritional nucleic acid pool
(D) genetic metabolics
Ans; (A)
3. The integration of nutrition, genomic science, and molecular biology has launched a
new area of study. What is this area of study called?
(A) nutrition genetics
(B) nutritional genomics
(C) nutritional molecular science
(D) nutritional science
Ans; (B)
4. How many classes of nutrients are there?
(A) 2
(B) 4
(C) 6
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(D) 8
Ans; (C)
5. Which of the following nutrients is considered organic?
(A) minerals
(B) carbohydrate
(C) water
(D) alcohol
Ans; (B)
6. Which of the following nutrients yields energy and also provides materials that
form structures and working parts of body tissues?
(A) proteins
(B) vitamins
(C) fats
(D) proteins
Ans; (D)
7. Which of the following nutrients is energy-yielding?
(A) carbohydrates
(B) vitamins
(C) water
(D) minerals
Ans; (A)
8. Which of the following statements best defines an "essential" nutrient?
(A) It is necessary for good health and proper functioning of the body.
(B) It can be obtained only from the diet.
(C) It can be manufactured by the body from raw materials.
TEST BANK
Nutrition: Concepts and Controversies,
5th Edition, All Chapters 1 - 15
,MEDSTUDY.COM
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Food Choices and Human Health
Chapter 2: Nutrition Tools – Standards and Guidelines
Chapter 3: The Remarkable Body
Chapter 4: The Carbohydrates: Sugar, Starch, Glycogen and
Fibre Chapter 5: The Lipids: Fats, Oil, Phospholipids, and
Sterols Chapter 6: The Proteins and Amino Acids
Chapter 7: The Vitamins
Chapter 8: Water and
Minerals
Chapter 9: Energy Balance and Healthy Body Weight
Chapter 10: Nutrients, Recreational Physical Activity, and the
Body’s Responses
Chapter 11: Role of Diet in the Primary and Secondary
Prevention of Chronic Disease
Chapter 12: Food Safety and Food Bio-
Technology Chapter 13: Life Cycle Nutrition:
Mother and Infant Chapter 14: Child, Teen,
and Older Adult
Chapter 15: Hunger and the Global Environment
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Chapter 1 Food Choices and Human Health
MULTICHOICE
1. Which of the following conditions is the most responsive to nutrition?
(A) diabetes
(B) iron deficiency anemia
(C) sickle cell disease
(D) heart disease
Ans; (B)
2. What is the name for the study of environmental influences on genetic expression?
(A) epigenetics
(B) genetic counselling
(C) nutritional nucleic acid pool
(D) genetic metabolics
Ans; (A)
3. The integration of nutrition, genomic science, and molecular biology has launched a
new area of study. What is this area of study called?
(A) nutrition genetics
(B) nutritional genomics
(C) nutritional molecular science
(D) nutritional science
Ans; (B)
4. How many classes of nutrients are there?
(A) 2
(B) 4
(C) 6
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(D) 8
Ans; (C)
5. Which of the following nutrients is considered organic?
(A) minerals
(B) carbohydrate
(C) water
(D) alcohol
Ans; (B)
6. Which of the following nutrients yields energy and also provides materials that
form structures and working parts of body tissues?
(A) proteins
(B) vitamins
(C) fats
(D) proteins
Ans; (D)
7. Which of the following nutrients is energy-yielding?
(A) carbohydrates
(B) vitamins
(C) water
(D) minerals
Ans; (A)
8. Which of the following statements best defines an "essential" nutrient?
(A) It is necessary for good health and proper functioning of the body.
(B) It can be obtained only from the diet.
(C) It can be manufactured by the body from raw materials.
