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Dental Nutrition Exam 1
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02/25/2014

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Nutrition is defined as
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"the study of foods, their nutrients, and other chemical constituents, and the effects they have on the body
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Food insecurity is a problem in developing countries but not in the united states or canada
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false
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Chemical substances in food that are used by the body for growth and health are
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nutrients
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chemical substances that prevent or repair damage to cells caused by exposure to oxidizing agents such asenvironmental  pollutants, smoke, ozone and oxygen
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antioxidants
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foods that contain relatively high amounts of nutrients in relation to their caloric value
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nutrient dense
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the chemical changes that take place in the body
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metabolism
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limited or uncertain availability of safe, nutritious foods or the ability to acquire them in socially acceptable ways
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food insecurity
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A unit of measure of the amount of energy supplied by food
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calorie
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nutrients required for normal growth and health that the body can generally not produce in sufficient amount
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essential nutrients
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poor nutrition resulting from an excess or lack of calories or food nutrients
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malnutrition
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5 reason hygenists need to study nutrition
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our profession requires it,oral cavity is mirror to overall health,leading cause of toothloss is caries,leading cause of death is poor nutrition, we want to help people become health
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6 categories of nutrients are
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carbs,proteins,fat,minerals,vitamins,water
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carbs,fat,protein are
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energy nutrients
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vitamins,minerals,and water function as
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chemicals needed to convert carbs,fat,and protien into energy and for building/maintaing muscles,blood composition,bones,and tissues
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