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Nutrients 1
(Big Picture)
Nutrients 2
(Specific)
Weight Management
Nutrition and
Healthy Eating
100
This nutrient, well-known for its central role in the Atkins Diet, is commonly found in bread, pasta, and potatoes, and serves as a main source of energy for the body.
Carbohydrates
100
Risk of this condition, in which the bones become fragile and break easily, is reduced by eating a calcium-rich diet. Calcium promotes bone health.
Osteoporosis
100
This is the process by which the body breaks down substances and gets energy from food.
Metabolism
100
This system of the body is responsible for breaking down food and moving it through the body providing nutrients that are absorbed into the blood and transferred to cells.
digestive system
200
This nutrient is often responsible for helping us have strong bones and healthy blood and examples include iron, magnesium, zinc, and calcium. The body cannot produce these, so it is important to have a diet that includes a wide variety.
Minerals
200
Your skin produces it when it is exposed to sunlight and it is the only vitamin that is naturally produced by the body.
Vitamin D
200
In order to lose weight you must take in less of these than you burn each day
calories
200
Drinking caffeinated beverages such as energy drinks may provide quick energy, but what effect on the body does caffeine have that can be very dangerous to athletes?
causes dehydration
300
This nutrient is vital to every body function. It helps to transport nutrients, lubricate joints and membranes, aids in body temperature control...
water
300
This is a waxy, fatlike substance in your blood that is needed to create cell walls and certain hormones. However, excess amounts of this can lead to build up in the arteries and eventually to heart disease.
Cholesterol
300
This eating disorder is an irrational fear of weight gain that leads people to starve themselves
Anorexia Nervosa
300
What are the five basic food groups?
grains, vegetables, fruits, meats, dairy
400
This is the nutrient responsible for building and maintaining body tissues.
Protein
400
Name two of the three minerals that are known as the "electrolytes" that help maintain fluid balance in the body.
Sodium, Potassium, Chloride
400
These types of diets are weight-loss plans that tend to be popular for only a short period of time. They are typically unhealthy ways of losing weight that are characterized by temporary weight loss, followed by eventual regaining of the lost weight (also known as weight cycling).
Fad diets
400
A food label for a bag of chips contains the following information: there are 10 servings, a serving size is 5 chips, there are 100 calories per serving, and 15 calories from fat. How many calories would you take in if you ate the whole bag?
1000 calories (10 servings x 100 calories per serving)
500
Which three of the six essential nutrients provide a source of energy for the body?
proteins, fats, carbohydrates
500
Eating foods high in this type of carbohydrate helps to move waste through the digestive system and help to make you feel full. Good sources include fruits, nuts, vegetables, and whole grains.
Fiber
500
There are strategies to eating before competition or exercise that provide your body with the proper amount of energy. When eating before a competition, one should eat high amounts of this nutrient, and should eat low amounts of these 2 nutrients.
High: Carbs Low: Protein, Fat
500
What is the difference between "hunger" and "appetite"?
Hunger- physical drive/need to eat Appetite- psychological desire for food