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Nutrition Final
FAU Paula Mendehlson
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Undergraduate 2
12/03/2012

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Term
True
Definition
Obesity is a behavioral problem like smoking and is not considered a chronic disease like diabetes. T/F
Term
True
Definition
Minerals, such as zinc because they are cofactors for enzymes can affect behavior and learning, assisting immune functions and be essential to growth, wound healing, sperm production, and taste perception. T/F
Term
Set point
Definition
The theory that the body tends to maintain a certain weight by its own internal controls is called _____ theory.
Term
Tryptophan?
Definition
Niacin can be made in the body under certain circumstances from what starting nutrients?
Term
Among the following, the best sources of available beta keratin are which foods?
Definition
Among the following, the best sources of available beta keratin are which foods?
Term
sport drinks
Definition
During exercise, the optimal beverage for replacing food is what?
Term
Nausea, dry mouth
Definition
The first symptom of dehydration is what?
Term
oxygen
Definition
Smoking causes physiological stress and lowers ____ level in plasma
Term
Vitamin C
Definition
Another name for ascorbic acid is vitamin what?
Term
sunlight
Definition
Vitamin D can be made in the body from what?
Term
weight loss, better overall health, diabetes control
Definition
The benefits of exercise include all of the following except for which one?
Term
strengthening of teeth and bones, mucles, nerves, blood clotting
Definition
Calcium is widely involved in body processes. Among the best known of them are all but one of these.
Term
strengthening of bones/teeth
Definition
Almost all of the calcium in the body is used for what?
Term
by the kidneys
Definition
Body how sodium levels are largely regulated?
Term
during exercise—bradycardia
Definition
Heart failure related to potassium loss may occur under what circumstance?
Term
plant-based sources
Definition
. The food source from which calcium is obtained in the highest concentration and most absorbable form is what?
Term
intestines, digestive
Definition
The part of the body responsible for absorption of the major minerals is the ____. This belongs to the ____ system
Term
False, they inhibit absorption
Definition
Phytates and oxalates enhance the absorption of iron and calcium with fibrin foods. T/F
Term
Vitamin d
Definition
Post-menopausal women have a higher incidence of osteoporosis because of reduced levels of which compound?
Term
true
Definition
The dash diet reduces hypertension dramatically by an eating lifestyle high in fruits & vegetables, whole grains, reduced fat dairy products, meat, poultry, and fish. Results in studies were similarly effective in drug therapy. T/F
Term
helps hemoglobin bind to oxygen
Definition
Iron functions in the body to do what?
Term
organ failure, especially heart failure
Definition
Hemochromatosis is a genetic disorder that causes what?
Term
blindness
Definition
The deficiency condition of insufficient vitamin A in developing countries may lead to which vision problem?
Term
retinol
Definition
The protein that forms from vitamin A in the retina of the eye is called what?
Term
Definition
Vitamin A maintains epithelial tissues and effects gene expression. Which of the following body parts contains epithelial tissue?
Term
fish, fish oil
Definition
Which type of food contains the most vitamin D?
Term
vitamin E
Definition
Vitamin C helps to regenerate which other antioxidant vitamin?
Term
mostly calcium phosphate
Definition
The mineral component of hydroxyl appetite in bones include what?
Term
true
Definition
Vile availability is what determines how much, if any, of a vitamin or mineral will be absorbed and utilized. T/F
Term
coenzymes/cofactors, maintain balance in the body/ help with mineral absorption
Definition
Most vitamins function as ____ and minerals function as ____.
Term
bone density loss, fractures without trauma, overall bone pain
Definition
Calcium deficiency can result in which of the following?
Term
True
Definition
Evaporation of water in the skin and lungs, and diarrheal loss of water are sensible losses. T/F
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