Exam 1: An Overview of Nutrition

Imagine that you are in charge of What We Eat in America,a national nutrition survey.Some people have suggested eliminating the survey due to budget constraints.How would you respond?

What happens when the body uses energy-yielding nutrients? 

The lowest continuing intake of a nutrient that will maintain a specified criterion of adequacy is called a/an ____________________.

Match the correct answer with the appropriate term. -A personal account of an event

Match the correct answer with the appropriate term. -Excess energy or nutrition

What is the most prominent risk factor in the United States? 

The Estimated Average Requirement (EAR)for a nutrient meets the needs of about ________ of the population.

What is a strength of laboratory-based studies? 

Match the correct answer with the appropriate term. -Record of eating behaviors

Match the correct answer with the appropriate term. -A measure of heat energy

At a party with friends,Janine drinks wine and eats hors d'oeuvres,even though she is not hungry.This is an example of a food-related ____.

Minerals and water are ____________________ nutrients because they do not contain carbon.

Match the correct answer with the appropriate term. -Nutrient found in 60% of the human body

Which of the following statements best describes the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA)for a nutrient? 

Which energy-yielding nutrients are found in part of the structural component of muscles and help regulate digestion? 

What is the leading cause of death in the United States? 

Match the correct answer with the appropriate term. -An energy-yielding non-nutrient

Compare and contrast the four categories of Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs).

A personal account of an experience or event,which does not make for reliable scientific information,is called a/an ____________________.

You are a health care professional tasked with taking an anthropometric measurement of a client.Which of the following would you measure?