Sports Nutrition
Which statement is true about endurance training?
Training reduces oxygen delivery to exercising muscles.
A well-trained endurance athlete relies more on anaerobic systems during exercise.
Endurance training enables skeletal muscle cells to adapt and decrease their number of mitochondria.
Endurance training decreases reliance on anaerobic energy systems.
Endurance training decreases reliance on anaerobic energy systems.
The best way to get extra energy during pregnancy is to:
Take vitamin/mineral supplements.
Eat more complex carbohydrates.
Double the serving sizes of meat and dairy products.
Snack on pastries, puddings, and ice cream.
Eat more complex carbohydrates.
During childhood, a typical child will gain how many pounds per year?
4-6.
Blank is a toxin producing bacterium typically found in improperly canned foods.
Clostridium botulinum
Which Americans are most at risk for hunger?
Working poor
Elderly
Homeless
Children
What factor determines the relative proportion of muscle fiber types in athletes?
genes
What is the most sensitive measurement for assessing an infant's growth?
Head circumference
Eating disorders frequently begin during what life stage?
Adolescence
List the top 8 food allergens
Milk
Eggs
Fish
Shellfish
Tree nuts
Peanuts
Wheat
Soybeans
Iodine deficiency has been decreasing because of the introduction of iodized what?
Iodized salt
Loading refers to a dietary approach to maximize glycogen stores in the muscles.
Carbohydrate
What is the major energy source in human milk?
Fat
What vitamin deficiency is the leading cause of preventable blindness in children?
vitamin A
Foodborne illnesses can be caused directly by a pathogen or by blank made by a pathogen.
toxins
What deficiency is the greatest source of preventable brain damage in the world?
Iodine
In contrast to the two anaerobic systems, the oxygen energy system:
Produces more ATP
Produces less ATP
Produces equal ATP
Does not produce ATP
Produces more ATP
Which of the following practices is NOT recommended during pregnancy?
Taking prenatal folic acid supplements.
Using herbal preparations.
Following vegetarian diets.
Taking a multivitamin supplement.
Using herbal preparations.
Do iron recommendations for girls differ from that of boys during adolescence? if so, how?
Yes, the rec is higher for girls during adolescence due to menstruation.
Viruses that act as a food additive to protect people from bacterial infections are types of what?
bacteriophages
This is the most common nutritional disorder in the world and causes anemia.
Iron deficiency
The recommended way to replenish glycogen stores after intense exercise is to consume how many grams of carbohydrate per kilogram of body weight per hour.
1-1.2
A full term baby is born at how many weeks of gestation?
40
What is the most lethal form of malnutrition in which children are its most visible victims.
Protein-energy malnutrition.
Honey should not be fed to infants because it may contain what?
botulism
Which government agency regulates public drinking water and approves pesticides and other chemicals used in the environment?
EPA-Environmental Protection Agency