Chap 2: Human Nutrition & Food

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Front (Question)

Body requires how many specific nutrients to maintain health

Back (Answer)

Front (Question)

The two classes of nutrition

Back (Answer)

Micronutrients and Macronutrients

Front (Question)

Nutrition definition

Back (Answer)

Study of foods and their contribution to health and disease

Front (Question)

Micronutrients

Back (Answer)

Vitamins and Minerals

Front (Question)

Macronutrients

Back (Answer)

Protein, Carbohydrates, and Fat (Lipids)

Front (Question)

Micronutrient and Macronutrients functions

Back (Answer)

Sustain growth, repair & vital processes and to furnish energy

Front (Question)

Enzymes

Back (Answer)

Biological Catalysts

Front (Question)

Essential Nutrients

Back (Answer)

Cannot be synthesized by the body, obtained from diet

Front (Question)

Non-essential Nutrients

Back (Answer)

Synthesized by the body

#10

Front (Question)

“Silent Killers” (Hypertension)

Back (Answer)

High Blood Pressure

#11

Front (Question)

3 general (major) function of Nutrients

Back (Answer)

• Form BODY STRUCTURES (organs, teeth, bone and skin) • Serves as REGULATORS of the body process (molecular and biological level (hormones and enzymes)) • Provide ENERGY by being broken down during metabolism

#12

Front (Question)

“Forgotten” Nutrient

Back (Answer)

WATER

#13

Front (Question)

Malnutrition

Back (Answer)

Too much or too little intake of essential nutrients

#14

Front (Question)

Overnutrition

Back (Answer)

EXCESSIVE intake of one or more nutrients (toxic response)

#15

Front (Question)

Undernutrition

Back (Answer)

Dietary DEFICIT of one or more nutrients (deficiency diseases)

#16

Front (Question)

Monosaccharides

Back (Answer)

1 sugar (unit)

#17

Front (Question)

Calorie

Back (Answer)

Units of measure for energy

#18

Front (Question)

What provides calories

Back (Answer)

Proteins, Carbohydrates, and Fats

#19

Front (Question)

Small calorie (gram)

Back (Answer)

Approximate amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of one gram of water by one degree Celsius

#20

Front (Question)

Large Calorie (kilogram)

Back (Answer)

Approximate amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree Celsius

#21

Front (Question)

1 Large calorie is equal to

Back (Answer)

1000 small calories or one kilocalorie (kcal)

#22

Front (Question)

kcal count

Back (Answer)

Carbohydrate - 4 kcal Fat - 9 kcal Protein - 4 kcal Alcohol - 7 kcal

#23

Front (Question)

Content of Water

Back (Answer)

Higher Age —- Lower Water Higher Fat —– Lower Water

#24

Front (Question)

Functions of Water

Back (Answer)

• Regulation of body temperature • Lubricates organs • Medium for metabolic/chemical reactions • Carrier and aids in movement of nutrients