Energy & Nutrients
The energy-yielding nutrients are:
What are: carbohydrates, protein, fat, and alcohol?
In this study design, neither participants nor researchers know who gets the placebo.
What is: double blind?
This is the leading nutrition-related cause of death in the United States.
What is: heart disease?
According to the Food and Nutrition Board, this % of calories should come from protein.
What is: 10%–35%?
This nutrient provides 0 calories
What is: Vitamins
A kilocalorie measures this.
What is: Heat Energy
The nutrient standard referenced on a Nutrition Facts label.
What is: Daily Value (DV)?
Americans should limit these to reduce risk of chronic disease according to The Dietary Guidelines
What are: added sugars, saturated fat, sodium, and alcohol?
The Daily Values on food labels are based on this calorie level.
What is: 2000 kcal?
The muscular contractions that move food through the digestive tract.
What is: peristalsis?
This term describes the calorie content of a food relative to its weight.
What is: energy density?
When there isn’t enough evidence for an RDA, this nutrient standard is used.
What is: Adequate Intake (AI)?
The overarching goal of Healthy People 2030.
What is: to help people live free of preventable disease, disability, injury, and premature death.
The acronym RDA stands for
What is: Recommended Dietary Allowance, which is the average daily intake level of a nutrient needed to meet the nutritional requirements of nearly all healthy individuals (97-98%) in a specific life stage and gender group
This percentage of calories should come from fat
What is: 20% to 35%
This term describes foods with a high nutrient content for relatively few calories.
What is: nutrient density?
This is the most reliable source of research in Nutrition.
What is: Meta-Analysis
DRI stands for this phrase
What is: Dietary Reference Intake
Essential nutrients must be…
What is: Nutrients needed because the body cannot make them itself?
The nutrition assessment that gathers information on a patient's history in a systemic diagnostic process
What is: clinical assessment
One cup of chocolate milk with 15 g carbs, 8 g fat, and 8 g protein contains this many kcal.
What is: 164 kcal?
The laboratory-based nutrition assessment that uses sources like blood, urine, and bodily fluids
What is: Biochemical
What the Dietary Guidelines finds very important in promoting health, and reducing risk of disease.
What is: Variety
Malnutrition is defined as being…
What is: either overnourished or undernourished?
The least reliable information when making logical and healthful nutrition decisions
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