Food Choice & Health
This is the leading cause of death in the U.S.
What is heart disease?
This is the most preferred strategy for reducing food waste
What is source reduction?
These types of foods account for 50% of MyPlate.
What are fruits and vegetables?
These make up the bilayer of the cell wall.
What are phospholipids?
This is a proposed explanation for an observation or phenomenon, acting as an educated guess or tentative statement that can be tested and measured through experimentation or investigation
What is a hypothesis?
This type of fiber can lower cholesterol.
What is soluble fiber?
This is the characteristic that determines if and how much a lipid is "unsaturated" or "unsaturated"
What is a carbon-carbon double bond?
Most plant proteins are this.
What is an incomplete protein?
This is often measured by education, income and occupation
What is socioeconomic status?
This type of farming relies on biological pest control
What is organic farming?
This is the bottom (largest) component of the mediterranean diet
What is physical activity and enjoying meals with others?
This organ is the first site of digestion.
What is the mouth?
This is an evaluation of research by professionals in the same field to ensure study quality.
What is peer review?
These organs store glycogen.
What are the muscles and liver?
This substance allows fats to be dispersed in water.
What is bile?
This is the amount of different amino acids that the body can use to synthesize proteins.
What is 20?
These types of non-essential nutrients are plant compounds that provide a range of health benefits, including strong antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects
What are phytonutrients?
in 1958, all food additives that were considered safe were made into this list.
What is the GRAS list?
This is the type of physical exam that dietitians use to assess malnutrition.
What is the nutrition focused physical exam (NFPE)?
This organ is the primary site of nutrient absorption.
What is the small intestine?
This is the strongest type of research study.
What is a systematic review or meta-analysis?
This disaccharide is formed from combining glucose and glucose.
What is maltose?
This enzyme helps digest fats in the small intestine.
What is pancreatic lipase?
This is the RDA for adult protein needs.
What is 0.8g/kg?
This class of nutrients yields energy.
What is macronutrients?
This regulatory body regulates pesticide use and establishes water quality standards
What is the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
This is what we use when there is not enough research to set an RDA.
What is Adequate Intake (AI)?
This term describes the physical movement of food through the GI tract.
What is peristalsis?
Part of this theory is that cognitive effort is required for suspicion or critical analysis.
What is the truth bias or Truth-Default Theory? (TDT)?
This is the primary type of carbohydrate enzyme.
What is amylase?
This is the primary form of lipids in the body.
What is a triglyceride?
This will happen if you add acid or heat to a protein.
This is the amount of calories in a gram of carbs, protein and fat.
What is 4, 4 and 9?
This is the FATTOM principle that pasteurization uses.
What is temperature?
This type of food claim is not FDA approved, or necessarily valid.
What is a structure-function claim?
The purpose of these are to increase surface area for nutrient absorption in the GI tract.
What are villi?
This type of design control is when neither participants or researchers know which group is placebo or experimental.
What is double-blind?
This hormone is released when the body is in a hypoglycemic state.
What is glucagon?
This transport lipoprotein lowers risk of heart disease, while this lipoprotein increases risk of heart disease.
What is HDL and LDL?
This condition happens when there is not enough blood protein and fluid leaks out of blood vessels.
What is edema?