Macronutrients
Micronutrients
Energy balance
Diseases
Lifetime Nutrition
100
This is the basic building block of proteins.
What is (are) amino acids?
100
Overconsumption of this major mineral can cause high blood pressure.
What is sodium?
100
This is the energy required for basic physiological function.
What is BMR?
100
This is the number one killer in the US.
What is heart disease?
100
This is the location of fertilization.
What is the Fallopian tube?
200
This is the most abundant lipid in our diet.
What are triglycerides?
200
This is the most abundant major mineral in the body.
What is calcium?
200
This is a time period when a person might be in positive energy balance.
What is infancy, childhood, adolescence, or pregnancy?
200
This is the term for the narrowing and hardening of the arteries due to buildup of fatty deposits.
What is atherosclerosis?
200
This is the term that would be used to describe a baby at 6 weeks of gestation.
What is an embryo?
300
This is a process that releases glucose from the glycogen stores into the bloodstream.
What is glycogenolysis?
300
Deficiency of this trace mineral can result in anemia.
What is iron?
300
This is an eating disorder that is characterized by an obsession with "healthy" foods and highly restrictive eating patterns.
What is orthorexia?
300
This is the condition that results from an autoimmune attack of the insulin-producing cells in the body.
What is type 1 diabetes?
300
This is any substance that can cause birth defects.
What is a teratogen?
400
This is the term that is used to describe a fat carrier that is made of phospholipids, fats, and proteins.
What is a lipoprotein?
400
This water-soluble vitamin functions as an antioxidant and is required for collagen synthesis.
What is vitamin C?
400
This is the term that describes the amount of energy that is required to digest, absorb and transport the nutrients from food.
What is thermic effect of food (TEF)?
400
This condition is defined as having a BMI of greater than 30 kg/m2.
What is obesity?
400
This is the term that describes the age in calendar years.
What is chronologic age?
500
This is a complex carbohydrate that is not digestible.
What is fiber?
500
Deficiency of this fat-soluble vitamin can cause rickets in children.
What is vitamin D?
500
This is a method that is used to determine body composition that sends an electrical current through the body.
What is bioelectrical impedance?
500
This condition results from deterioration of the retina, which leads to central blindness in many elderly individuals.
What is macular degeneration?
500
This is the term used to describe the substance that is initially produced by a lactating mother during the first week of life.
What is colostrum?
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