lesson 1

Question 1

The study of food in relation to health.

Answer 1

NUTRITION

Question 2

the science of food (nutrients and other substances) action, interaction and balance in relation to health and diseases

Answer 2

NUTRITION

Question 3

• any substance, organic or inorganic

Answer 3

FOOD

Question 4

• nourishes the body
• builds and repairs tissues

Answer 4

FOOD

Question 5

• supplies heat and energy
• regulates bodily processes.

Answer 5

FOOD

Question 6

A chemical component needed by the body
• to provide energy
• to build and repair tissues
• to regulate life processes

Answer 6

NUTRIENT

Question 7

• A condition of the body resulting from the utilization of essential nutrients.

Answer 7

NUTRITIONAL STATUS

Question 8

• Body has adequate supply of essential nutrients efficiently utilized growth and good health are maintained at the highest possible level.

Answer 8

OPTIMUM OR GOOD NUTRITION

Question 9

• Condition of the body resulting from lack of one or more essential nutrients (nutritional deficiency)

Answer 9

MALNUTRITION

Question 10

• May be due to an excessive nutrient supply to the point of creating toxic or harmful effects

Answer 10

overnutrition and hypervitaminosis

Question 11

• the under consumption of energy or nutrients based on RDA and DRI values.

Answer 11

UNDERNUTRITION

Question 12

• consumption of too many nutrients and too many energy compared w/ DRI levels

Answer 12

OVERNUTRITION

Question 13

TRUE OR FALSE

The study of food & nutrition is “a science and an art”

Answer 13

TRUE

Question 14

TRUE OR FALSE:

Essential nutrients are needed throughout life; only the amounts of nutrients needed change.

Answer 14

TRUE

Question 15

TRUE OR FALSE:
No single food contains all the essential nutrients in amounts needed for optimum health.

Answer 15

TRUE

Question 16

What is good nutrition essential for? (give atleast 3)

Answer 16

• Growth
• Normal organ development and functioning
• Normal reproduction
• Maintenance and replacement of worn-out cells and tissues
• Optimum activity level and working efficiency
• Resistance to infection and disease
• The ability to repair bodily damage and injury

Question 17

TRUE OR FALSE:

Eating means that all the essential nutrients are supplied and utilized in adequate balance to maintain optimal health and well- being.

Answer 17

FALSE: PROPER NUTRITION means that all the essential nutrients are supplied and utilized in adequate balance to maintain optimal health and well- being.

Question 18

TRUE OR FALSE:

All of the nutrient most of us need can be obtained by eating only vegetables.

Answer 18

FALSE: it should be “All of the nutrient most of us need can be obtained by EATING A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF FOODS.”

Question 19

what is the most important nutrient?

Answer 19

Water

Question 20

An easy way to remember the relative distribution of the six groups of nutrients is the ______________

Answer 20

60-20-20 Rule.

Question 21

what are the classification of nutrition?

Answer 21

1. acc. to function
2. acc. to chemical nature
3. acc. to essentiality
4. acc. to concentration

Question 22

• Body-Building
• Energy Giving
• Regulator of Bodily
Processes

describes what type of classification?

Answer 22

according to function

Question 23

2 types of chemical nature?

Answer 23

a. Organic – carbon- containing compounds

b. Inorganic – w/out carbon

Question 24

what are organic – carbon- containing compounds?

Answer 24

CHON, Fat, CHO & vitamins

Question 25

what are considered inorganic – w/out carbon?

Answer 25

- minerals and water

Question 26

What’s under the classification “the one’s according to essentiality”?

Answer 26

- Physiologically Essential - Dietary Essential

Question 27

these are present in large amounts in body

Answer 27

MACRO - CHON, CHO, fats & water

Question 28

these should be above 50parts/million or above 0.005% of body weight

Answer 28

MICRO - vitamins and trace minerals

Question 29

main source of energy

Answer 29

Carbohydrates (330g daily)

Question 30

major structural building blocks.

Answer 30

Protein (100g daily)

Question 31

energy storage: synthesis and repair of cell parts.

Answer 31

Fat (75g daily)

Question 32

medium for transport and temperature regulation; solvent; lubricant

Answer 32

water (2000g daily)

Question 33

enable chemical reactions in the body

Answer 33

vitamins (<300 mg daily)

Question 34

aid enzyme function; electrical balance; generate nerve impulses; bone structure

Answer 34

minerals (5-10g daily)

Question 35

• Maintaining lines of communication with the doctors and dietician • Interpret the diet to the patient • Assisting patient at mealtimes • Observing, recording and reporting patient’s response • Planning for home care.

Answer 35

Nutrition Education /Care

Question 36

• Helps in the selection of adequate and appropriate diet by using educational approach which the patient understand and accepts. • In each clinic visit, help the patient gradually to make necessary adjustment.

Answer 36

Out Patient/Clinic Nurse

Question 37

• Nutrition education program begin from kindergarten until secondary schooling. • May be able to help the mother when a child needs guidance or has eating problems.

Answer 37

School Nurse

Question 38

• Carry practical nutrition to many homes (evaluation of individual food habits) ✔instruct on food preparation • guides housekeeper in the selection of low cost food.

Answer 38

CHN Nurse