Nutrition
What is the main fuel source our bodies use during exercise?
Carbohydrates
What is the leading cause of death in the U.S.?
What is heart disease. In 2003: Heart disease caused approximately 655,000 deaths Cancer -- 550,000 Stroke -- 150,000 In 2004, AIDS -- 15,800
What is a synonym for an environmental contaminant?
What is a Toxin?
Which of the following is considered a milestone in dental public health? A. fluoridation of drinking water B. introduction of mouth wash C. development of the electric toothbrush D. use of gold amalgams
What is fluoridation of drinking water?
A word that means a disease can be transmitted from one person to another?
What is Infectious or Contagious?
What should we include in our recovery meal?
Protein and carbohydrates; extra points for healthy fats
Which disease has been completely eradicated? A. Smallpox B. Malaria C. Chikangua D. Polio
What is smallpox?
What is the term for long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns and is a product of the “greenhouse effect" from an excess of Co2 in the environment?
What is Climate Change?
Which Chinese invention played a early role in improving sanitation and hygiene?
What are chopsticks? Eating with chopsticks, which were first used around 2,000 BC, provided the unintended benefit of preventing illnesses by interrupting the hand-to-mouth transmission of germs.
What is the process of sterilizing milk called?
What is Pasteurization?
Name three sources of carbohydrates
Grains (oats, wheat, pasta, rice, farro, barley, popcorn); fruit; starchy vegetables (potatoes, yucca, corn, plantain, pumpkin); candy, cookies, baked goods, juice, sports drinks
What two diseases account for over 50% of all deaths in the United States?
What is cancer and heart disease?
Which toxic element causes the neurological disorder that inspired the Alice in Wonderland; character, the Mad Hatter?
What is Mercury?
Antibiotics are widely used as a preventive measure against bacterial diseases. How many years have antibiotics been used?
What is 100 years?
What is the study of outbreak of diseases in people?
What is Epidemiology?
What is the difference between a nutritionist and a registered dietitian?
Registered Dietitian is a protected title that requires a bachelor in nutrition, masters degree, supervised practice, a board exam, and continuing education. Nutritionist is not a protected title. I.e. anyone can call themselves a nutritionist
Which disease is the first illness that was attributed to an animal carrier?
What is malaria? Malaria is the first human illness attributed to an animal carrier (mosquitoes) in 1717
Which of the following is not one of the prime health risks associated with greater UV radiation through the atmosphere due to depletion of stratospheric ozone? A. Increased skin cancer B. Increased liver cancer C. Reduced immune system D. Damage to eyes
What is increased liver cancer?
What is one of the fastest-growing public health concerns in the world?
What is diabetes?
The Department of Health and Human Services was previously combined with what other federal department before the two split into separate groups in 1979?
What is the Department of Education?