Macronutrients
These three nutrients—carbohydrates, fats, and proteins—are needed in large amounts by the body
What are macronutrients?
These solid inorganic substances form crystals and are classified by how much the body needs.
What are minerals?
The state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease
What is health?
Education access, healthcare access, neighborhood environment, social context, and economic stability are part of this program.
What is Healthy People 2030?
This macronutrient provides building blocks for the body.
What is protein?
There are thirteen of these, categorized as water-soluble or fat-soluble.
What are vitamins?
An abnormal condition affecting health.
What is disease?
The largest portion depicted in the Choose My Plate graphic.
What are vegetables?
This macronutrient is an energy source and provides fiber.
What is carbohydrate?
Folate, riboflavin, niacin, and thiamine belong to this nutrient class.
What are vitamins?
Policies designed to equip the public with tools to change and improve health.
What is health promotion?
The first step in the scientific method, followed by creating a hypothesis.
What is observation?
This macronutrient stores energy and provides 9 calories per gram.
What is fat?
Sodium, fluoride, iron, and zinc belong to this nutrient class.
What are minerals?
The sum of processes involved in how organisms obtain, metabolize, and use nutrients to support life.
What is nutrition?
This type of study defines the frequency, distribution, and patterns of health events in a population
What is epidemiological?
This macronutrient has no calories and is required in large quantities.
What is water?
Vitamins and minerals are classified as these, needed in small amounts.
What are micronutrients?
An emerging scientific discipline aimed at defining healthy and not-so-healthy genes and how nutrients affect them.
What is nutrigenomics?
A person's body weight divided by the square of their height.
What is Body Mass Index (BMI)?