Definitions

Question 1

Food

Answer 1

Medically, any substance the body can take in and assimilate that will allow it to stay alive and to grow.

*but there is more to food than nutrition

Question 2

Diet

Answer 2

The food that is usually consumed.

Often ‘socially accepted’ by the culture.

Question 3

Adequate Diet

Answer 3

Meets all of the nutritional needs of an individual

Question 4

Nutrients

Answer 4

Biochemical components (usually from food) that are indispensable to the body’s functioning.

Question 5

Nutrition

Answer 5

The study of how the body utilizes nutrients in food.

Question 6

Nutritional Status

Answer 6

The health condition of an individual as influenced by their intake & utilization of nutrients.
Determined from the correlation of info gathered from physical, biochemical, clinical and dietary studies.

Question 7

Malnutrition

Answer 7

Any condition caused by:

• too much or too little of a particular nutrient
• imbalance of nutrients
• not enough calories

Question 8

Empty Calories

Answer 8

Term used to describe foods that provide only energy and no nutrients