Food Science
A processing technique that destroys harmful pathogens by heating food to a high temperature that kills microorganisms
What is Pasteurization?
Occurs when members of a group agree on an issue to avoid conflict or judgment from peers. It stifles creativity and preserves the status quo.
What is Groupthink?
A tool used for assessing dietary intake. The client is furnished with a list of foods asked how often he or she eats those foods.
What is a Food Frequency Questionaire?
A decrease in the bone mass that results in abnormally porous bones
Associated with inadequate calcium intake, menopause, hyperthyroidism, immobilization, scurvy, various malignancies, etc.
What is Osteoporosis?
A geographic area where there is limited supply of fresh, affordable, whole food.
What is a Food Desert?
A process of converting two immiscible liquids into a uniform mixture by finely dividing one substance and dispersing it throughout another.
What is Homogenization?
The percentage of employees replaced each year for any reason.
The underlying or root cause of a nutrition problem.
What is Etiology?
A condition due to a sudden decline in the blood glucose level below 70 mg/dL.
Symptoms: sweating, double vision, hunger, palpitation, headache, confusion, dizziness, unconsciousness, seizures.
What is Hypoglycemia?
Free nutritious meals for low-income children during school vacation at various sites (schools, parks, community centers, etc.
What is the Summer Feeding Program?
Occurs when liquid seeps from a gel (ex: when meringue topping on a pie “weeps.”)
What is Syneresis?
Based on the premise that human needs depend on what one already has, and only unsatisfied needs influence behavior.
What is Maslo's Hierarchy of Needs?
The process when a patient is admitted to the hospital of identifying characteristics known to be associated with dietary or nutritional problems.
What is Nutrition Screening?
Blood test that includes total cholesterol, triglycerides, HDL, LDL, and ratios.
What is a lipid panel?
Established in 1967,this program provides education, nutrition, and social and health services to children aged 3 - 5 and their parents.
What is Head Start?
Heats a cooking vessel by magnetic induction instead of thermal transfer. Provides faster heating and is more energy efficient.
What is Induction Cooking?
The number of people one person supervises.
What is Span of Control?
Part of the nutrition care process. Involves measuring and recording outcomes at planned intervals in order to evaluate if the interventions are working.
What is Monitoring?
Refers to a diabetic patient checking their own blood sugar levels to help with self-management.
What is Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose (SMBG)?
Popular dietary trends that promise unrealistic results. They often involve special products or books, and do not rely on evidence-based science.
Food Fads
It takes this to heat to raise the temperature of 1 lb of water by 1 degree F.
What is BTU? British Thermal Unit
A leadership style where the leader makes decisions and announces them to subordinates.
What is Autocratic?
A physical exam that RDNs perform to assess patient's nutritional status or evaluate malnutrition
Nutrition Focused Physical Exam
An inborn error of metabolism in which the amino acid phenylalanine cannot be metabolized to tyrosine.
What is PKU (Phenylketonuria)?
A comprehensive set of health objectives for the nation to achieve by 2030.
Healthy People 2030