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AMDR for Carbs
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45-65%
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Blood leving the digestive system goes to what organ
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The Liver |
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Animal polysaccharide composed of Glucose Units
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Glycogen |
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Where is Glycogen stored
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Muscle and Liver |
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What is the principle Carbohydrate of Milk |
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Atoms found in Glucose Molecule |
carbon, Oxygen, Hydrogen |
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Example of a monosacchardie
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Galactose |
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Disaccharide example |
Sucrose |
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Result from regular ingestion of sugar
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Tooth Decay |
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Primary organ that converts fructose to Glucose after absorption |
Liver |
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Where are carbs absorbed
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Small intestine |
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Insulin is created and released by what organ |
Pancreas |
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What does Insulin do |
Helps to lower blood glucose levels |
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Fiber rich meal will do what |
slow the rise in blood glucose |
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Fatty acids differ in their degree of saturation or unsaturation due to what |
Double Bonds |
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3 features of Bile acids |
made from cholesterol released into the intestine when fat is present |
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Cholesterol
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Made by the body, in the liver |
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HDL levels are increased with
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unsaturated fats and increase in physical activity
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Food group that contains a lot of saturated fat
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Characteristics shared by Olive oil and Canola Oil |
Both Contain high levels of Monosaturated Fatty Acids |
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Two essential fatty acids |
Linoleic and Alpha Linolenic Acid |
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Partially hydrogenated oil changes from |
Cis to Trans |
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AMDR for Protein
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10-35% |
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What differentiates one Amino from another
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What is meant by the Amino Acid Sequence of a protein |
Order of appearance of Amino acids in the peptid chain |
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Feature of a Essential Amino Acid |
Must be supplied by the diet |
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Complete Protein |
Contains all 9 essential amino acids |
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Preferred functions of protein in the human body |
growth and maintence of new tissue synthesis of many hormones |
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What is Denaturation
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The process by which heat or acidity disrupts the normal shape of the protein Chain. |
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Which proteins are needed for the immune system |
Antibodies |
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What is Protein Complementation |
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Protein absorption occurs where? |
Small intestine |
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Kwashiorkor |
Results from a low protein diet |
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Metabolism |
The biochemical reaction in the cells of the body |
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Preferred fuel for the body
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Carbs and Fat |
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PKU |
A genetic disease and an inability to metabolize phenylanine |
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Food Group that has the poorest source of Vitamin D |
Grains |
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Poor sources of Vitamin B
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Fruits |
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Poor sources of Folate |
Milk |
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Fat Soluble Vitamins
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Vitamins A, D, E, and K |
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Vitamin C Deficiency |
Reduced Collagen Synthesis |
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Protein, Bonds and Strength
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Callagen is a Protein. Vitamin C is necessary to form Bonds that hold adjacent collagen strands together and give protein strength. |
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Why is Vitamin E needed in Red Blood Cells |
Oxygen Concentrations in these cells are high |
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Rickets |
Vitamin D deficiency in children |
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Vitamin D is required for what |
Maintain normal blood calcium and Phosphorus |
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Cells that are Vitamin A deficient
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Keratin |
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Cell differentiation
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The process where immature cells change in structure to become specialized |
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Deficient in Vitamin K can cause what
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Bleed to death, it causes abnormal blood coagulation |
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Which Vitamin is important for amino acid synthesis and protein metabolism
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multivitamin recommended for
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diet of less then 1200 calories a day |
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The best way to ensure you meet all your nutrient needs
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Eat a variety of foods |
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Older adults need which supplements |
Vitamin B12, D and Calcium |
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Dietary supplements are more or less strict compared to drugs |
Less Strict |
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Vegetable oils are good sources of what vitamin |
Vitamin E |
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Vitamin K is found where?
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Meat, beans and Vegetables |
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Vitamin C Defcient causes what |
Scurvy |
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What Vitamin prevents folate from being converted to its active form
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Vitamin B12 |
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Excessive Vitamin C can cause what
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Diarrhea and can interfere with drugs prescribed to slow blood clotting
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Who needs more Vitamin C |
Smokers |
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What can decrease the effectiveness of some medications |
Herbs |
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What is this called |
Solutes |
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Water in the body is moved by what? |
Blood Pressure |
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When blood pressure is __________the pressure created by osmosis, water is drawn back into the capillaries replacing fluids and electrolytes |
Lower than |
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What is Osmosis |
The diffusion of water in a direction that equalizes |
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WDoes Water regulate Blood Glucose |
No |
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Core Temputure |
Regulates body processes such as skin becoming red when it's hot |
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Reabsorption |
The amount of substance that is absorbed back into the blood after being filtered |
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High ADH levels |
More water is excreted in the urine |
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Major Minerals |
Needed in the diet in amounts greater then 100 milligrams a day |
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Absorption rate of Plant foods compared to animal foods
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It is lower in Plant foods
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What decreases the absorption of many minerals
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Phytic Acid, Tannins and Oxalates |
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Which minerals help regulate fluid balance |
Not Magnesium |
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Which Minerals aid in transmission of nerve impulses and provide optimal muscle concentration |
Calcium, sodium, potassium and chloride |
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hypertension caused by
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High salt diet |
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Healthy Blood Pressure |
120/80 |
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How many years does a postmenapausal woman have bone loss |
5 years |
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What happens to the parathyroid Hormone when blood calciums levels are low |
Increases |
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What 2 minerals have a role in blood pressure regulation |
Calcium and Magnesium |
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What mineral stabilizes ATP's Structure |
Magnesium |
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Iron Deficiency Anemia sequence |
low hemoglobin concentration |
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Protein Molecule that transports Oxygen to the body cells |
Hemoglobin |
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What causes a goiter
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Iodine deficency |
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What happens when chromium is deficient |
More insulin is required to produce the same effect on blood sugar |
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Where is the majority of water stored in the body |
Intracellular |
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When does dehydration occur |
When water loss exceeds Water intake |
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The Obesity Rate for Minorities Vs General population
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Minorities have a greater Obesity rate |
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Having Excess body fat increases a persons risk of developing what 3 things
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Heart disease, Gallbladder diease and Arthritus |
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A BMI of 26.5 is considered what?
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Overweight |
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Energy Expenditure greater than energy intake |
Weighloss |
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Majority of Energy Expenditure is from |
Basal Metabolism |
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Majority of BMI variation is from |
Genes |
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What cells produce leptin |
Adipocytes |
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How many minutes of exercise to loose or maintain weight |
60 min a day |
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Most common eating disorder |
Binge Eating |
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BMI of 38KG is what |
Obese |
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What is Diet Induced Thermogentic |
The energy used to digest food and absorb and metabolize nutrients |
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What are the two body systems strengthen by aerobic exercise |
Cardiovascular and Respiratory (Heart and Lungs) |
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What is the process of Hypertrophy
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Stressing the muscles, causing them to adapt by increasing in size and strength |
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Overload Principle |
Increasing the intensity as you get better |
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How many minutes of exercise to reduce risk of Chronic disease |
30 Min |
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Exercise recommendations to maintain healthy weight are greater than or less than reducing risk of chronic disease |
Greater Than |
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What happens to Maximum Heart rate with age |
It decreases |
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The amount of ATP produced by ana and aerobic metabolism depends on what? |
The availability of oxygen |
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What does increasing the amount of red blood cells do
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It allows oxygen to be transported to the tissues |
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What increases the cellular ability to burn fatty acids |
Aerobic Training |
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Do athletes need a multivitamin or supplement to meet vitamin and mineral needs
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No |
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Foot Strike Hemolysis |
Does not cause Anemia in runners |
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What percentage should maximum heart rate be during exercise |
60-85% |
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What is a result of regular exercise |
Reduced Blood Pressure |
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What fuel has been depleted when an athlete hits the wall |
Glycogen |
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What is the female athlete triad |
eating disorder reduced bone density |
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Hyponatremia in marathon runners is from
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Drinking too much water and diluting the sodium |
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How does a fetus get nurished |
Transfer of nutrients from the placenta |
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Which Trimester is morning sickness in
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1st trimester |
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Pre eclampsia poses a danger to who
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Baby and mother |
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Teratogens do the most damage when?
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In the embryonic Stage |
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Pregnant women should stay away from |
Fish |
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Pregnant teens are not at risk of developing what |
Gestational Diabetes |
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How many calories a day are required from the mother each day |
500 calories |
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Hormones present in breast milk make the baby grow larger quicker then formula |
False |
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Which vitamin was added in 1998 |
Folate |
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What is the first milk produced by the breast called |
Colostrum |
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Which nutrient is needed for the majority of an infats diet |
Fats |
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When are infants ready for solid food
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6months |
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Energy and protein needs of children increase or decrease with age |
decrease |
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AMDR for children vs Adults
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Carbs is the same, Fat and protein higher |
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What age do boys and girls nutrient needs change |
Age 9 |
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What are the complications of childhood obesity |
Depression, bad cholesterol, high blood pressure, and type 2 diabetes |
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What is the percentage of Obese children |
17% |
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What causes dental Caries or tooth decay |
A diet high in sugary foods, and prolonged contact between sugar and bacteria from sipping on juice |
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What causes hyperactivity |
Caffeine, overstimulation, need for attention and lack of sleep and physical activity
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What is a concern of low calcium intake in adolescents
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Reduced level of Peak Bone Mass, developing osteaposis |
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Difference in Life expectancy and Healthy life expectancy |
Last years of life restricted by disease and disability |
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Water intake as we age
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It's the same but harder to obtain as we grow older |
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What cause Malnutrition in older people
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Medicines, Physical changes, disease, economic and psychological and Social circumstances |
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How does food effect alcohol absorption |
Food slows down the absorption of alcohol |
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HACCP |
Hazard analysis Critical control Point-A food safety system that focus on identifying and preventing hazards that cause food borne illness |
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Major cause of food borne illness |
Caused by food contaminated with Pathogens such as bacteria, virus, molds |
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What is Food Irradition
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Also known as Cold Pateurization, using radiation to kill contaminents |
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What is the purpose of Golden rice |
To increase Vitamin A intake |
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Childhood Stunting
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Produces smaller adults who have reduced work capacity. |
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Causes of Food insecurity |
Poverty |
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Nutrition transition |
A series of changes in a diet, physical activity, health and nutrition that occurs as poor contries become more prosperous
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What mineral is deficient in China, New Zealand and Russian federation
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Selenium |
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Age limit for WIC |
5 years |
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What is an Ezyme
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Protein Molecule that accelerates the rate of a chemical reaction |
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The transport of Nutrients across the cell membrane with a carrier Molecule is called what?
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Active Transpot |
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The process of taking substances from the GI Tract into the interior of the body is called? |
Absorption |
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AMDR for Carbs
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45-65% |
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AMDR for Fat |
20-35% |
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What is the study of how Diet effects our genes
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Nutrigenomics |
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What is DRI Dietary Reference Intake
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Recommendations for calories, nutrients and other food components consumed to stay healthy |
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Clumps of Sold material that accumulate in the gallbladder
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Gallstones |
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Dietary Guidelines
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Diet and lifestyle recommendations to promote health |
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Maximum Daily intake levels of a certain nutrient
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Tolerable intakes |
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The process which food is broken down into smaller components to be absorbed
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Digestion |
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The order of Atoms to Organs |
Atoms to Molecules to Cells to tissues to organs |
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What is the smallest for of life |
Atom |
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system |
Through the pancreatic Amylase Enzyme
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What are Peyers Patches
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Small masses of lymphatic tissue on the small intestine that prevents the growth of bacteria |
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AMDR for Protein |
10-35% |
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What is the Scientific Method |
Observation, hypothesis, experiment, theory |
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The measure of Nutrients provided by food
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Nutrient density |
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What is a peptic ulcer |
An open sore on the upper small intestine, stomach linning or esophagus or |
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What is the percentage of blood directed to the skeletal muscles when exercising
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70% |
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Where does the majority of absorption happen |
In the liver |
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How are ingredients listed on a food package
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Ingredients presented in prominence of their weight, highest qty goes first
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What cells produce Leptin
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Adopocytes |
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Protein present in a food, seen by the body as a foreign substance causes what
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Food Allergies |
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BMI of 28KG |
Overweight |
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optimal called |
Malnutrition
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Using gender, age, weight, height and activity level to formulate the average energy intake values predicted to maintain body weight is called (Myfitnesspal) |
Estimated Energy Requirements |
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What is used to translate nutrient intake recommendations into food choices |
Food Guides |
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What is a nutrient that must be consumed
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Essential Nutrient |
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What is the unit of measure that calculates the amount of energy provided by food
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Calorie |
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What is fortification |
The process of adding nutrients to food |
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What are the substances in plant based foods called |
Phytochemicals |
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What are empty calories called |
Discretionary Calories |
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The base that neutralizes the acid in the Chymen (small intestine)
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Bicarbonate |
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Carbs, fats, protein, water and alcohol are what
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Macronutrients |
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Vitamins and minerals are |
Micronutrients |
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These functions are needed for Forming and maintain the body's structure, Regulate Body Processes such as body temps, blood pressure and blood sugar |
Nutrient Functions
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