Exam 3: Making More Nutritious Choices

A team of scientists determines that 50% of healthy women who are between 19 and 30 years of age need 40 mg of a vitamin to prevent developing the vitamin's deficiency disorder. Based on this information, the

Some food guides classify _____ as oils.

Which of the following dietary supplements is an herbal product that is highly toxic or contains cancer-causing material?

While in college, Ray gained several pounds of body fat. He wants to use the recommendations of the 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans to achieve a healthy body weight. According to these guidelines, he should

Today, Sean only ate three sandwiches made with whole-grain buns, 3 slices of cheese, and 10 ounces of roast beef. He also drank 3 cups of orange juice. According to MyPlate, he ate nothing from the food group that includes

Which of the following statements is true?

To establish a nutrient's RDA, nutrition scientists add _____ of the nutrient to its EAR.

According to MyPlate, Erika should consume 3 cups of milk daily. She prefers eating plain yogurt to drinking milk. How much plain yogurt can she eat to meet her plan's recommendation for milk and milk products?

Three-year-old Amanda doesn't like to drink milk, but she'll eat certain kinds of natural cheese, especially cheddar cheese. According to MyPlate, Amanda should consume 2 cups of dairy products daily. To meet this recommendation, Amanda can consume ____ of cheddar cheese daily.

Regular mayonnaise is nearly 100% fat and supplies about 100 kcal per tablespoon. To be labeled "light" mayonnaise, a product that simulates regular mayonnaise should provide less than _____ kcal per tablespoon.

According to 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, people should avoid eating _____ because the fish can be high in methylmercury.

One day, Donnie ate snacks that included peanut butter on crackers, a bowl of chocolate pudding made with low-fat milk, a sugar-sweetened soft drink, and a hard-cooked egg. According to MyPlate, which of these foods is a major source of empty calories in Americans' diets?

A team of scientists extracts a chemical that they call "Zombia" from the leaves of a common house plant. One of the scientists would like to market Zombia as a dietary supplement because it makes people sleepy, when it's injected into them. Based on this information, Zombia

A nutrition scientist wants to develop a nutritionally complete formula diet for adults who are healthy but need to avoid eating solid food for awhile. Based on this information, she is likely to refer to _____ when developing the new formula.

Some food guides classify dried beans and peas with

Food guides generally do not group _____ with dairy foods.

According to MyPlate, Felicia should consume 2 cups of fruit daily. How much 100% orange juice should consume to replace 1 cup of applesauce?

Which of the following statements is true?

Which of the following menu items has ingredients that represent four different MyPlate food groups?

While in college, Rachael gained several pounds of body fat. She wants to use the recommendations of the 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans to achieve a healthy body weight. According to these guidelines, she should