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Vocab
Fats and Proteins
Vitamins and Minerals
Carbohydrates
Weight Maintenance/Diet
100
What is energy?
The capacity to do work or produce heat.
100
True or False The body can't store almost an unlimited amount of fat.
False
100
What is a fat soluble vitamin?
A vitamin that dissolves in fat.
100
True or False Is starch the main energy source for humans?
True
100
What is the basal energy expenditure?
The amount of energy necessary to sustain life.
200
What is a class of energy-giving nutrients that includes sugar, starches, and fiber?
Carbohydrates
200
What is the difference between saturated and unsaturated fats?
Saturated fats are from animal sources and unsaturated fats are from plant sources. Unsaturated fats are healthier.
200
What is a water soluble vitamin?
A vitamin that dissolves in the water fluid of the body.
200
What is fibers job?
To help maintain the health of the digestive tract.
200
What must you do to lose weight?
Use more calories than you take in.
300
What is a pinch test?
An informal way of measuring body fatness.
300
What are the benefits of reducing fat intake?
Reduces the possibility of heart disease, cancer, diabetes.
300
How can minerals be obtained to help the body function?
Through food that is eaten.
300
What foods is starch found in?
Fruits and Vegetables
300
What are the risks of being underweight?
Die first in food shortages Makes dealing with illness more difficult Lack energy and nutrients
400
What is too little of one or more nutrients in the diet; a form of malnutrition called?
Nutrient deficiencies?
400
What types of food do you get protein from?
Meat, dairy, and vegetables
400
What are vitamins useful for?
They make enzymes and hormones necessary for all the chemical reactions we need to live.
400
What are the four types of sugars?
Glucose Fructose Sucrose Lactose
400
What are the risks of being overweight?
Hypertention Increased risk of heart disease Diabetes Arthritis Breathing problems
500
What is malnutrition?
The results in the body of poor nutrition; undernutrition, overnutrition, or any weight maintenance.
500
What is the difference between amino acids and essential amino acids?
Amino acids are made by your body. Essential amino acids come from the food you eat.
500
What minerals are essential to the functioning of the human body?
Any inorganic element- calcium, iron, magnesium, potassium, sodium..
500
Describe the four kinds of sugar.
Glucose-fuel Fructose-sugar from fruit and honey Sucrose-table sugar Lactose-milk sugar
500
What are some eating disorders?
Anorexia Bulimia Compulsive overeating