Linking Food and Health
What term is commonly used to describe foods that are grown with little or no use of synthetic chemicals?
A) organic
B) inorganic
C) genetically modified organism (GMO)
D) vegetarian
A) organic
Which of the following would NOT be included in the net contents component of a food label?
A) weight in grams
B) number of servings
C) volume in fluid ounces
D) numerical count of items in package
B) number of servings
Amino acids are units of
A) carbohydrates.
B) lipids.
C) proteins.
D) vitamins.
C) proteins.
In the USDA Food Patterns, a 1-cup serving of hard cheese is roughly
A) 1.5 grams.
B) 1.5 cups.
C) 1.5 ounces.
D) the size of a woman's fist.
C) 1.5 ounces.
What is another name for a study of patterns of health and disease in a large population?
A) a single-blind study
B) a clinical trial
C) a randomized study
D) an epidemiological study
D) an epidemiological study
How many daily serving of grains do the USDA Food Patterns recommend?
A) 3 cups
B) 4 ounce-equivalents
C) 5 ounce-equivalents
D) 6 ounce-equivalents
D) 6 ounce-equivalents
One of the earliest developments in the field of nutrition linking nutritional deficiency to illness was the discovery that eating citrus fruits prevents
A) pellagra.
B) cancer.
C) scurvy.
D) strokes.
C) scurvy.
The term used in the USDA Food Patterns that describes the energy derived from solid fats and/or added sugars is
A) discretionary Calories.
B) extra Calories.
C) empty Calories.
D) nutrient-poor Calories.
C) empty Calories.
Dr. Sullivan is conducting a clinical trial to determine if vitamin Z can improve test performance of students in an introductory college nutrition course. Dr. Sullivan puts all the student names in a hat and draws names to determine if they will be placed in the control or the experimental group. The experimental group receives a capsule of vitamin Z and the control group a "sugar pill" that tastes and looks identical to the vitamin Z capsule. Neither Dr. Sullivan nor the participants knows who is receiving which treatment. This experiment is BEST described as
A) single-blind, randomized.
B) placebo-controlled, self-selected.
C) placebo-controlled, single-blind, randomized.
D) placebo-controlled, double-blind, randomized.
D) placebo-controlled, double-blind, randomized.
Mark weighs 254 pounds and would like to lose weight. He starts a walking program that expends 1.2 kcal/pound/hour. If he walks 45 minutes a day for one week, how many Calories will he burn in one week?
A) 800 kcal
B) 1,200 kcal
C) 1,600 kcal
D) 1,800 kcal
C) 1,600 kcal