Nutrition Basics
Health
Diet & Disease
Vitamins & Minerals
Life Span Nutrition
100
Anything that nourishes the body
What is food
100
4 steps of the digestive system.
What is ingestion, digestion, absorption, and elimination.
100
This is used for energy throughout the body and is stored in the liver and muscle. Helps with brain, central nervous system and red blood cell function.
What is glucose
100
These vitamins are absorbed into lymph and take longer to get out of the body.
What is fat-soluble vitamins
100
This vitamin is needed for gene expression, growth and development through prenatal and infant years.
What is Vitamin A
200
Macronutrients
What is carbohydrates, proteins, and fats
200
A flap of cartilage at the root of the tongue which is depressed during swallowing to cover the opening of the trachea.
What is epiglottis
200
4 types of eating disorders
What is anorexia, bulimia, binge eating, and pica
200
Sodium, potassium, and chloride
What are electrolytes
200
When the physical parts of the baby start to develop
What is fetal development
300
The AMDR for fats
What is 10-35% of total calories should come from lipids/fats
300
Liver, gallbladder and pancreas
What are accessory organs
300
Characterized by extreme weight loss, poor body image and irrational fears of weight gain and obesity.
What is anorexia
300
What acts as a medium for chemical reactions, regulates nutrients & waste products, maintains blood volume and helps regulate body temp?
What is water
300
What Vitamins should you focus on for infant nutrition?
What is Vitamin K, D and B12
400
These type of proteins contain all the essential amino acids
What is complete proteins
400
Nutrients like water soluble vitamins diffuse across membranes using a specific/selective transport protein.
What is facilitated diffusion
400
Eat quickly until uncomfortably full
What is Binge-eating
400
This is responsible for red blood cell/new cell formation and nerve cell maintenance.
What is Vitamin B12
400
A modern day food stamp program
What is The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
500
The healthy fat
What is monounsaturated fats
500
Cellular Respiration equation
What is glucose + oxygen - carbon dioxide + water + energy
500
This is transported to the liver along with glucose.
What is Protein (amino acids)
500
Trace minerals
What is iron, copper, iodine, manganese, fluoride, chromium, molybdenum, selenium, zinc and cobalt.
500
This is a vital component to the health and wellbeing of the older adult.
What is a social network
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