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Main role of b vitamins in the body?

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Coenzymes

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What is a key function of antioxidant vitamins?

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Eliminate free radicals/ neutralized

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Which hormone increases hunger?

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Ghrelin

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Which group is most at risk from lysterosis?

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Pregnant women

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Which vitamin helps with calcium absorption in children?

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Vitamin D

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What is a food jag?

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When they only eat 1 or two foods

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Which mineral is critical for activation of enzymes for energy production and muscle retraction?

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Magnesium

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What does FITT stand for?

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Fitness, Intesity, Time, Type

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What food safety practice is important with handling raw meat?

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No cross contamination

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What nutrients should older women increase after 50 to increase bone health?

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Calcium

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Which organ is primarily responsible for fluid balance and waste from blood?

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Kidneys

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Which following best describes diff bw heme and non heme?

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Heme is absorbed better and only found in animal

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What is the primary goal of my plate?

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Increase balance meal

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Primary source of sodium in a typical diet?

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Processed foods

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Deficiency in niacin can result in which condition of the four D’s?

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Pellagra

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Which includes four key steps to food safety?

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Clean, sep, heat, chill

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Primary purpose of food intake record?

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To monitor dietary habits and nutrient gaps

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Colostrum is?

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Early milk

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Danger zone for food?

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40-140

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Primary use of protein exercise?

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Build muscle and muscle repair

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What is hyperkalemia?

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High potassium in blood

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Vitamin that is most critical in early pregnancy to consume to prevent birth defects?

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Folic acid

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Which is not a commonly used food preservation method?

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Fermentation

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What is pica?

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Craves non food substances

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Which nutrient is deficient in chronic alcohol use?
Thymine
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Role of fluoride in the body?
Strengthens enamel on teeth and cavities
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What vitamin is with thyroid?
Iodine goredor
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Nutrient that requires an intrinsic factor for absorption in the large intestine?
B12
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Which about vitamins is true?
organic , small amounts, essential
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What are fat sol vitamins?
A, D, E, and K
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Long term deficiency of vitamin A?
Xerophthalmia
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What is acetaldehyde?
Toxic byproduct of alcohol
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One effect of alcohol on the brain early in intoxication?
Slowed reaction time and impaired behavior
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When should fluids be consumed in fitness?
Before, during, and after
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During low intensity exercise the body primarily uses?
Fat burn w oxygen
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What is the role of nitrates in processed meats?
Prevent spoilage
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What condition refers to poor weight gain or slow growth in infants?
Failure to thrive
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What is the role of lactoferrin in breast milk?
Helps protect against bacteria and virus
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Main function of selenium in the body?
antioxidant
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Which vitamin is needed for synthesis of osteocalcin?
Vitamin K
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Which is the character of fat soluble vitamins?
Can be stored in body
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Which trace mineral is essential for oxygen transport in blood?
Iron
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Which mineral is a component of stomach acid?
HCL, fluoride
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Which enzyme begins alc metabolism in the stomach?
Alc dehydrogenase
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What liver disease is associated with excessive alcohol intake?
Cirrhosis
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Safest amount of alcohol to drink while preg?
0
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Disorder related to prenatal alc exposure?
Fetal alcohol syndrome
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Which government tool food safety from farm to table?
HACCP
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Contributes most to daily energy needs?
Basal metabolic rate
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Calories in the 3rd trimester?
450
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Which hormone is responsible for milk production in breastfeeding?
Prolactin
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Which mineral is in Dna synthesis and wound healing?
Zinc
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Main limitation of BMI?
Can be inaccurate, does not directly measure body fat %
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Vitamin C deficiency condition is called?
Lymes disease, scurvy
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Hyponatremia?
Imbalance water to sodium, low sodium levels in blood
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What condition can come from long term calcium deficiency?
Oosterposis
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Sign of dehydration?
Thirst and color of pee
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Vitamin that helps the body absorb iron from food?
Vitamin C
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What is considered obese?
25-40
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Not safe for kids under one?
Honey
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What age solid foods infants?
Six months
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Nutrient important for brain and retinol development?
DHA Omega 3’s
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Gestational diabetes?
Only in pregnancy
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Good food source of heme iron?
Chicken
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Vitamin deficiency linked to neural defects?
folate acid
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Vitamin for key role in blood clotting?
Vitamin K
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Primary function of choline in pregnancy?
Cell division and brain development
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What are carcinogens?
Cancer causing compounds
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As people age, what declines, requiring fewer calories, but not fewer nutrients?
Metabolic rate
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Vitamin that can be synthesized in skin with the help of sunlight?
Vitamin D
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Which can impair calcium absorption?
Oxalates
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What is the process that creates alcohol from yeast and sugars?
Fermentation
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% of Americans that are obese?
40% Overweight is 74%
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Risk associated with being underweight?
Osteoporosis
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Most abundant mineral in the human body?
Calcium
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Which mineral deficiency is most likely to affect female athletes?
Iron
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What does the FDA require on all regulated food?
Radura
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Why are older adults at greater risk of dehydration?
Something declines with age
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Which vitamin absorption is reduced in older adults due to decreased stomach acid?
B12
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Syndrome linked to chronic thiamine deficiency bc of chronic alcoholism?
Wernicke korsakoff
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What are congeners in alcohol?
Contribute to hangovers
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Cooking method that preserves vitamins in vegetables?
Steaming
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What does bioavailability mean in nutrition?
Degree in which nutrient is absorbed and used in body
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What is hypervitaminosis?
Excess (high) vitamin intake (over consumption of vitamins)
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What does coenzyme mean?
Helps enzymes function
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What is an electrolyte?
Mineral that helps maintain fluid balance and nerve function
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What are free radicals?
Unstable molecules that can damage cells
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Mineral that is often recommended as a supplement during pregnancy due to fetal needs?
Iron
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Function of placenta during pregnancy?
Transfer nutrients and oxygen to fetus and remove waste
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Which condition is defined as high blood pressure and protein in the urine, in pregnancy?
Preeclampsia
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Sarcopenia?
age related muscles loss
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Food insecurity?
Inability or limited access nutritious and safe food
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Deficiency of what vitamin that can cause night blindness?
Vitamin A
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Common symptoms of iron deficiency and anemia?
Fatigue and weakness
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What is the condition of porous, fragile bones?
Osteoporosis
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Overconsumption of which vitamin can cause flushing and liver toxicity?
B6
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What is a provitamin?
Beta-carotene
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Basal Metabolic Rate
Does not increase risk for improved metabolism

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