Programs & Agencies
Digestion
Food Science
Vitamins & Minerals
Potpourri
100

Eligibility requirements of this include the following:

  • Live in the state where applying
  • Have a net income at or below the poverty level
  • Must work more than 30 hours per week (if no physical or mental limitation is present)

What are eligibility requirements for SNAP?

100

Bacteria that can withstand stomach acid.

What is H. pylori?

H. Pylori can withstand the extremely acidic environment of the stomach. It is associated with peptic ulcers. Proper drug treatment can kill the bacteria and heal ulcers.

100

The nonenzymatic browning process that contributes to the flavor, color, and nutrient quality of many foods. The process requires amino acids and sugar that naturally occur in food.

What is the Maillard reaction?

100

Minerals that act as antioxidants

What are copper, zinc, and selenium?

100

A food or beverage that imparts physiological benefits that enhance overall health, prevents or treats a disease or condition, and/or improves physical and/or mental conditions. Examples include the benefits of tomatoes due to the high lycopene content for prostate health and the benefits of cranberry juice to prevent adherence of bacteria in the bladder.

What is a Functional Food?

200

This is an evidence-based program that teaches them how to shop for and cook healthy meals, and lead physically active lifestyles. Its initiatives include nutrition education classes, social marketing campaigns, and efforts to improve policies, systems, and the environment of communities.

What is SNAP-Ed?

200

This is the principal hormone secreted from the gastric epithelium and stimulates gastric acid secretions.

What is Gastrin?

200

This is caused by heating a mixture of glucose syrup, milk, and vegetable fat at a temperature between 245°F and 265°F. Heating enhances the browning reaction and regulates the finished product moisture content.

What is caramelization?

200

Vitamin deficiency likely to cause night blindness.

What is Vitamin A?

200

This age group has the highest energy needs? 

Who are Infants?

Infants have the highest energy requirement: 90–120 kcal/kg body weight.

300

The federal agency mandates that employees be trained on proper use of foodservice equipment

What is The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)?

300

This acts as a buffer to prevent hydrochloric acid from damaging the stomach’s epithelium.

What is bicarbonate?

300

Six different types of food preservation

What are:

  • Canning
  • Vacuum packaging
  • Aseptic packaging
  • Freezing
  • Drying
  • Smoking
300

Recommended iron intake for a pregnant person.

What is 27mg/day?

300

Functions of this organ include: 

  • Metabolism of carbohydrate, protein, and fat
  • Storage and activation of vitamins and minerals
  • Formation and excretion of bile
  • Conversion of ammonia to urea
  • Metabolism of steroids
  • Detoxification, acts as a filter

What is the Liver?

400

States receive grants to operate programs that provide families with financial assistance.

What is TANF?

400

This is a decrease in red blood cells that occurs when the intestines cannot properly absorb vitamin B12.

What is Pernicious anemia?

400

This is associated with the degradation by oxygen in the air and primarily occurs with unsaturated fats.

What is Oxidative rancidity?

400

These are absorbed directly into the blood. They travel freely throughout the body; usually excess amounts are excreted through the kidneys.

What are water-soluble vitamins?

400

A metabolic response that can occur upon reintroduction of nutrients to the body in patients who have lacked adequate nutrition.

What is refeeding syndrome?

500

Agencies that oversee and help regulate food safety include.

What are 

  • Food and Drug Administration
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Food Safety Inspection Service
500

The three phases of gastric secretion.

What are cephalic, gastric, and intestinal?

500

During storage, the hydrogen bonds between amylose molecules in starch gels will break and rearrange themselves in tighter organized structures, resulting in this.

What is Retrogradation?

500

Symptoms of a deficiency in this include: Edema and muscle wasting, enlarged heart, heart failure, poor short-term memory, anorexia and weight loss

What is thiamine?

500

A patient’s weight has decreased from 200 lb to 180 lb in the past 3 months. Percent weight change.

What is 10%?

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