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48 Cards in this Set
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The body's physical need for food is called
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hunger
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How are one's eating habits governed?
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by your appetite or desire to eat specific foods
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Five influential factors of our food choices are?
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culture, family and friends, advertising, time and money, emotions
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The tool for disease prevention
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proper nutrition
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Chief source of nutrients
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food
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Nutrients
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substances in food your body needs to function such as growing, repairing tissue, provide energy
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Reasons by we eat
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physical need (hunger) and desire to eat (appetite) and emotional or psychological reasons
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Basic needs of life
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food, water, air
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Functions of hunger
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to protect the body from starvation
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Process on'e stomach goes through when hungry
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walls contract
nerve endings are stimulated nerves signal brain |
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Three things that influence one's desire for food
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behavior, environment, emotions
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two components concerning hunger
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physical need for food
psychological need to feel full and satisfied ???? |
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Four aspects concerning one's environment as it relates to hunger?
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stage of growth..adolescents grow faster and need more food...money available for food, culture deciding which foods, where you live in the world and food available
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PErcent of children malnourished in the United States on an average?
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33%
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Malnutrition
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lack of the proper foods needed for the body to function
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Purpose of any type of advertisement
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To sell a product by making people believe that need it or desire it
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Reasons why people overeat
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People can't tell the difference between hunger and desire. Eat past the point of feeeling fulll because their appetite continues after their hunger is satisfied
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Emotions affect eating habits how
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Depression, stress, frustration all can lead to eating because it relieves tension and boredom
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Healthful eating can help resude the possibility of chronic diseases. # major diseases associated with this and 3 items one should get rid of in their diet.
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High blood pressure- reduce salt in diet
High cholesterol-reduce fats in diet Obesity-reduce fats and carbohydrates in diet |
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Biggest problem with food and a person's rationale for eating it?
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Overeating food you like and not eating what you should. People say it is ok because they cut in other areas, but the diet is not balanced
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Two items usually stimulate one's appetite for food
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Smell of food cooking,
Eating to be sociable??? |
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Who spends most on advertising?
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Those selling desserts, snacks, and soft drinks are 62% of teh advertising
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How does your body react as a whole when you get the nutrients you need on a regular basis?
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Full of energy, healthy, heals rapidly, disease free
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Adolescence
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transition from childhood to adulthood
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Fastest growing period of one's life?
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First years on one's life and then early adolescence
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Electrolytes
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nutrients that become electrically charged when in a solution
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Minerals
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inorganic(not living) substances the body cannot manufacture, but that act a catalysts (helping) regulating many vital (important) body processes
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Rehydration
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Restoring lost body fluids
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Importance of water
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Water is vital (important) to EVERY body function. Carries nutrients to cells
transports wastes from cells lubricates your joints lubrictes mucous membranes allows you to swallow and digest food absorb nutrients eliminates wastes |
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How much water should you drink every day/
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6-8 cups a day
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HOw much water is in fruit, vegetables or milk?
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Food, vegetables and milk are 75% water
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What two things are nutrient dense foods high in?
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high in proteins and other nutrients and produce high energy
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When are electrolytes balanced?
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Electolytes are balanced when the intake of electrolytes and water equal the loss through perspiration and body wastes
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What is the best liquid one should use to replenish one's fluid loss?
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Water
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How many pounds should one lose weekly if their goal is to lose weight?
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one half to one pound per week
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What should a person do to gain weight?
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eat healthy foods high in complex carbohyrates and calories
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Simple sugars and their sources
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Simple sugars: glucose is found in carbohydrates after they are broken down such as fruits (fructose), milk (lactose),( grains (maltose), table sugar (sucrose).
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Lacto-ovo vegetarians
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People who don't eat meat, fish, or poultry, but drink milk (dairy products) and eat eggs.
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Carbohydrate loading
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Storing extra glyocen in muscle before strenuous exercise by eating a high carbohydrate diet
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Vegans
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eating only food made from plants
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Nutrient supplement
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pills, powders, liquids or other nonfood forms of nutrients
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Mega Doese
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Very large doses of nutrient supplements
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Only groups that should use nutrient supplements
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elderly people, pregnant women
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Three nutrients needed by a woman during pregnancy
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iron, calcium folic acid
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People over 60 years of age need which vitamins more?
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Vitamin D and Vitamin B-6
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If too much vitamins A,D,E & K are taken how do they react in the body? outside the body?
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They become toxic inside the body and can cause liver damage and headaches the person may suffer hair loss and blurred vision(outside the body)
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The key to nutrition
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eating a balanced diet according to the recommended dietary allowances (RDA)
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What are the visual effects of vitamin C on the body?
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Vitamin C strong and healthy teeth and gums, healed wounds
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