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Nutrition Test 1
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Undergraduate 2
09/03/2012

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What is nutrition?
Definition
"How organisms obtain and use food to support life processes"
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What are the three leading causes of death in the United States?
Definition
1. Heart disease
2. Cancer
3. Stroke
Term
Identify changes in the US diet that may be related to our increased obesity rates over he past 30 years.
Definition
41% more grains
63% more fats and oils
19% more sweetners
19% more fruits and vegetables
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Define Nutrient
Definition
Chemical substance in foods used in the body
Term
Name the six classes of nutrients
Definition
carbohydrates, protiens, viatamins, minerals, lipids, water
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Which nutrients are macronutrients?
Definition
Protients, carbogydrates, fats
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Which nutrients are micronutrients?
Definition
Viatamins and minerals
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Define the term essential nutrient
Definition
A nutirent that must be consumed on a regular basis in order to provide for growth, maintinance and repair
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What consequence results from inadequate intake of an essential nutrient?
Definition
absesnce from the diet could cause deficiency disease, adding the nutrient back can correct the problem
Term
Contrast organic and inorganic nutrients
Definition
organic are carbon- carbon, or carbon-hydrogen bonding. Inorganic are Carbond bonding
Term
Identify organic nutrients
Definition
carbohydrates, lipids, protien, viatamins
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Identify inorganic nutrients
Definition
water, minterals
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What is an organic food?
Definition
food that is grown with out synthetic pestisides, herbisides, and fertilizers
Term
What is energy?
Definition
Capacity for work
Term
what kind of energy is used by body cells?
Definition
Food energy-- energy in sugars/fats used to make ATP molecules
Term
which nutients yield energy?
How many Kcal do these nutrients yield?
Definition
Carbohydrates: 4 kcal/g
Protien: 4 kcal/g
Fat: 9 kcal/g
Alcohal 7kcal/g
Term
Define a "calorie"
Definition
1 kc = 1000 calories.
Food
Term
What is the reccomended dietary pattern for macronutriends in the diet?
Definition
Carbohydrates: 45-65%
Protien: 10-35%
Fat: 20-35%
Term
Define Nutrient density
Definition
nutient content compared with energy content in a food
Term
Give examples of foods with high nutrient density and low nutruent density
Definition
Low: soda, chocolate, apple
High: milk, trail mix, apple
Term
Comparing protien, carbs, and fat, which of these nutrients is likeley to LOWER nutrient density when the food contains a substantial amount of it?
Definition
Fats
Term
What is the approximate percentage distribution of nutrients in the human body?
Definition
Water: 62%
Protien: 10%
fat: 16%
minterals: 6%
Term
List the general functions of all nutrients, and the list the nutrients associated with each of these functions
Definition
1. Energy: carbs, lipids, protiens
2. Body Structure:: lipids, protiens, water, minerals
3. Body Processes: all nutrients
Term
DO foods contain other substances (not nutrients) that are beneficial to health?
Definition
Yes, phytochemicals, and probiotics
Term
Define Phytochemical
Definition
dark vegetables
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Define probiotic
Definition
Live bacteria
Term
Define FUnctional food
Definition
Functional foods are foods that have a potentially positive effect on health beyond basic nutrition.
Term
Contrast undernutrtion and over nutrition
Definition
Under nutriiton is nutrient of energy deficiency
Overnutrition is excessive intake of nutrients or energy
Term
List all causes of primary nutrient deficiency and secondary nutrient deficiency
Definition
Primary: inadequate nutrient intake
Secondary: inadequate absorbtion, metabolism illness
Term
Identift the various meathods used to access nutrion status and give specific examples of each meathod
Definition
Anthopometric data: heaght/weight, circumformences, body composition
Laboratory tests/biochemcial data: lab analysis
CLimical assessment: medical history, physical exam, current sympptoms
Dietary assessment: 24 hour recall interview, food requency questionaire, food record
Term
Describe the different meathods of dietary assessment
Definition
24 hour recall interview
food frequency questionaire
food record
Term
List the stages in the development of a typical nutrient deficency, and identify the assessnebt neathids that nay identify the possiblility of deficiency at each of these steps
Definition
Primary deficiency caused by inadequate diet -- diet history
secondary deficiency caused by problem insude the body -- health history
declining nutrient stores and abnormal functons inside the body -- laboratory tests
physical signs and symptoms -- physical examination and anthopometric measures
Term
Who is qualified to give nutrition information?
Definition
Nutritional journal, published articles
Term
Give examples of the degrees and credentials suggesting that a person has an adequate preparation for giving nutritional advice
Definition
B.S. in nutritional science or dietics
MPH : public health nutrition
RD: Registered dietitian
PHD: nutrition science
MS: nutrition science
Term
Are diplimas issued by diploma mills equivilant to those issued by accreditied colleges and universities?
Definition
No, diploma mills issue fake diplomas that people pay for and are not valid
Term
Define scientific meathod
Definition
using logic and reason to explain observations
Term
What are the steps of the scientific meathod
Definition
1. make an observation
2. propose a hypothesis
3. expiriment
4. evaluate results
Term
Is the scientific meathod the only means by which scientific info is obtained?
Definition
no
Term
describe exampels of epidemiogical studies and explain what makes these types of studies observational rather than expirimental
Definition
Cross sectional study: measure bone density in various population groups worldwide. determine calcium, viatamin D and K intake.
Retrospective:compared past diet cancer patient and simlar non cancer patients
Prospective: follow a large group over time and collect medical and diet data.
Term
Single blinded study
Definition
only subject doens't know if thier a treatment or a placebo
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Double blind study
Definition
Both subject and researchers dont know if the subject is a treatment or a placebo
Term
Statistical signifigance
Definition
Are they signifigant? was the treatment benefit due to the treatment or luck?
Dont change your diet for a small change
Term
Clinical relevance
Definition
Dont change your diet for a small change
Term
Placebo controlled
Definition
doesn't have a direct biological affect
Term
Peer review
Definition
Check the study. Is it necessary to redo the study.
Term
Which type of study is more accurate? Prospective or retrospective?
Definition
prospective
Term
Animal studies advantages and disadvantages
Definition
Advantages: increased control, can study on animal tissues, short life spans.
Dissadvantages: not human, not ethical
Term
Nutrient guidlines
Definition
Dietary referance intakes (DRI)
Term
Menu planning
Definition
dietary guidlines for americans
choose my place.gov
Term
consumer guidlines
Definition
food labels
Term
DRI caregories for nutrients
Definition
Tolerable upper intake level (UL)
estimated average requirement (EAR)
recomended dietary allowance (RDA)
Adequate intake (AI)
Term
Description of the Dietary referance intakes
Definition
1. reccomended intake levels
2. research based regular updates
3. read for free map.edu
Term
who created the DRI's?
Definition
scientists and health professionals
Term
Set EAR and RDA values
Definition
1. Estimate the average intake (EAR) value
2. increase the EAR to cover the needs of about 97.5% of all healthy people
Term
RDA: an intake level that meets the nutrient needs of ____% of healthy people
Definition
97.5
Term
Are RDA levels higher lower or similar to what most people need?
Definition
higher
Term
Adequate intake level (AI)
Definition
insufficient evidance to set an EAR
represents average amount consumed by healthy people
can use instead of an RDA
Term
Tolerable upper intake level (UL)
Definition
highest level of intake unlikey to cause health risk (Exceeding the UL increases risk of toxicity)
Term
Are RDA/AI values actual requrirements?
Definition
no
Term
IF you eat less than the RDA will you become deficient?
Definition
no
Term
what percentage of the RDA reccomendation is "good enough"?
Definition
can't know for sure -- shoot for 100
Term
guidance for health promotion and chronic disease prevention is revisded every...
Definition
5 years
Term
meeting the AMDR's
Definition
% calories from fat
Term
current whole grain consumption and reccomendation
Definition
consumption: 13%
reccomendation 50%
Term
what nutrients are replaced in milled grains
Definition
thiamin, iron, niacin, riboflaun
folic acid added in 1996
Term
examples of enriched grains and flours
Definition
bread, rice, corn meal, four, pasta
Term
Enriched
Definition
nutrients are removed from grains and then are replaced
Term
fortified
Definition
nutrients are added to foods that were never there
Term
examples of fortified foods
Definition
total cereal, viatamin water, milk, orange juice, tang, V8 splash, salt, energy bars
Term
FDA
Definition
food and drug administration
Term
USDA
Definition
United states department of agriculture-- neatm oultry, eggs, milk
Term
What is digestion
Definition
process of breaking fown foods into small absorbable units
Term
products of macronutrient digestion
Definition
protien: amino acids
starch: glucose
fat: fatty acids
Term
what types of precesses break down food to nutrients?
Definition
mechanical: chewing
chemical: puring chemcials on ther food to break it down
Term
do we digest enzymes?
Definition
yes- to some extent
Term
enzyme folkure
Definition
raw foods supply usable enztmes
enzyme suplements improve food digestion
Term
digestive enzymes for macro nutrients
Definition
1. proteases - protien
2. amylases - starch
3. lipasea - lipids/ fats
Term
what is absorption?
Definition
movement of the nutrients to the blood stream
Term
about what percent of nutrients are absorbed?
Definition
95%
Term
organs of the GI tract
Definition
mouth, pharnyx, stomach, small intestines, large intestines
Term
accessory orrgans
Definition
liver, gull bladder
Term
transit time in the GI tract
Definition
plus or minus 24 hours
Term
what proceses propel food foward and prevent back floq?
Definition
peristalsis: wavelike muscular contractions. Sphicters
Term
sphincters in the GI tract
Definition
upper esophigial, lower esophigial, pyloric, ileoceal, anal (2)
6 total
Term
Gastroesophegeal reflux disease (GERD)
Definition
back flow of stomach contents
also known as heart burn
prevention/treatment: dont squease the stomach, eat smaller meals, avoid certian foods
Term
what prevents digestion of the GI tract itself?
Definition
layer of mucus
Term
peptic ulcer
Definition
erosion of mucosal tissue
Term
types of peptic ulcers
Definition
esophigial
gastric
duodernal
Term
helicobacter pylori (h. pylori)
Definition
primary cause of ulcers
Term
prevalance of H. pylori infection
Definition
US: 40% europe 70% asia 70% africa 90% australia 20% south americaa 90%
Term
main causes of a peptic ulcer
Definition
infection
asprin and other drugs
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