A science that studies nutrients found in foods and their actions in the body.
What is nutrition.
100
A unit of measure used to express the amount of energy found in different foods.
What is a kilocalorie.
100
Nutrient standards set for healthy Americans and Canadians that estimate how much you need daily of various nutrients.
What is Dietary Reference Intake (DRI)
100
The fifth basic taste.
What is umami.
100
A food guide developed by the USDA as a guide to the amounts of different types of foods needed to provide an adequate diet and comply with current nutrition recommendations.
What is MyPlate
200
These 3 nutrients provide energy
What are carbohydrates, fat, and protein
200
The minimum energy needed by the body for vital functions when at rest and awake.
What is Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR).
200
The dietary intake value that represents what you need to in on a daily basis.
What is Reconmended Dietary Allowance (RDA).
200
An attribute of food that includes its taste, smell, feel in the mouth, texture, and temperature.
What is flavor.
200
A set of rocomnendations that is updated every 5 years and designed to promote dietary changes to promote health.
What are dietary guidelines.
300
Noncaloric nutrients found in a wide variety of foods that are essential in small quantities.
What are vitamins and minerals.
300
The process by which food is broken down into its components in the mouth, stomach, and small intestine.
What is digestion.
300
The AMDR for this nutrient is 45-65% of your daily intake.
What are carbohydrates.
300
Factors that influence your food choices, including age, gender, educational level, and income.
What are demographics.
300
Sugars, syrups, and other caloric sweeteners that are added to foods during processing.
What are added sugars.
400
Foods that have been prepared using certain procedures such as canning, cooking, freezing, dehydration, or milling.
What are processed foods.
400
The passage of digested nutrients through the walls of the intestines or stomach into the body’s tissues.
What is absorption.
400
The AMDR for this nutrient is 10-30% of your daily intake.
What is protein.
400
The behaviors and beliefs of a certain social, ethnic, or age group.
What is culture.
400
The combination of all the foods and beverages that you eat and drink over time - also referred to as your “diet” or customary way of eating.
What are eating patterns.
500
A food to which nutrients are added that were not present originally or nutrients are added that increase the amount already present.
What is fortified.
500
The involuntary muscular contraction that forces food through the entire digestive system.
What is peristalsis.
500
The AMDR for this nutrient is 25-35% of your daily intake.
What is fat.
500
The four characteristics of a nutritious diet.
What are adequate, moderate, balanced, and varied.
500
Name 3 changes that were proposed on the new food label.
Added sugars
Calories in bold
Vitamin D and potassium added, Vitamins A and C removed