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Nutrition And Wellness
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health-and-nutrition
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The speed and power of movement during physical activities
Intensity
Dehydration
Trans-fatty acid
Emotional health
2. A waxy liquid found in every cell of the body; found in foods from animal sources
Cholesterol
Dental caries
Psychological health
Intensity
3. A chemical substance in food that helps to maintain the body
Physical fitness
Atherosclerosis
Vegetarianism
Nutrient
4. The overall condition of a person's ability to relate to others around them
Carbohydrate
Essential amino acid
Social health
Anaerobic activity
5. A substance that increases urine production
Sugars
Vegetarianism
Nutrient
Diuretic
6. A substance that helps protect your body from cell damage that can lead to health problems
Antioxidant
Aerobic activity
Atherosclerosis
Fad diets
7. The ability to move muscles and joints through a full range of motion
Flexibility
Endurance
Emotional health
Wellness
8. The range of heartbeats per minute at which the heart muscle receives the best workout; 60 to 90 percent of maximum heart rate
Target heart rate
Starch
Culture
Essential amino acid
9. A set of guidelines about food choices developed by the US government
Anabolic steroid
Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Anabolic steroid
Aerobic activity
10. Hardened and narrowed arteries caused by plaque deposits
Atherosclerosis
Vitamins
Water soluble vitamin
Simple carbohydrates
11. Carries cholesterol made by the liver to the blood cells
Protein
Nutrient
Trans-fatty acid
LDL (Low Density Lipoprotein)
12. The science of changing the genetic makeup of an organism
Genetic engineering
Sedentary
Irradiation
Organic food
13. Power to work the muscles against resistance
Macromineral
Energy balance
Strength
Anabolic steroid
14. A substance that helps protect your body from cell damage that can lead to health problems
Balance
Balance
Antioxidant
Psychological health
15. Practice of eating a diet consisting entirely or largely of food from plant sources
Vegetarianism
Fat
Dental caries
Trans-fatty acid
16. Low blood glucose levels
Irradiation
HDL (High Density Lipoprotein)
Social health
Hypoglycemia
17. Hardened and narrowed arteries caused by plaque deposits
Food drug interaction
Fad diets
Lifestyle
Atherosclerosis
18. A mineral required in the diet in an amount of 100 milligrams or more per day
Macromineral
Sugars
Diabetes mellitus
Physical health
19. Extreme - unhealthy behavior relating to food - eating and weight
Carbohydrate
Amino acid
Cardio respiratory endurance
Eating disorder
20. A mineral required in the diet in an amount less than 100 mg
Micromineral
Technology
Fat soluble vitamin
Atherosclerosis
21. Plant material that cannot be digested
Body composition
Wellness
Balance
Dietary fiber
22. A waxy liquid found in every cell of the body; found in foods from animal sources
Bulimia nervosa
Cholesterol
Diuretic
Fad diets
23. An amino acid that can be synthesized by the body
Lactose intolerance
Culture
Non essential amino acid
Balance
24. Everything about the way one person - a couple - or a family choose to live
Essential amino acid
LDL (Low Density Lipoprotein)
Incomplete protein
Lifestyle
25. Being able to control the muscles and stay upright as one moves his body
Social health
Saturated fatty acid
Coordination
Amino acid
26. The point at which the energy from the food eaten equals the energy used by the body
Lactose intolerance
Technology
Simple carbohydrates
Energy balance
27. An amino acid that cannot be made by the body and must be supplied by the diet
Irradiation
Anorexia nervosa
Bulimia nervosa
Essential amino acid
28. Nutrients that regulate the body processes or become a part of body tissues
Minerals
Complete protein
Fad diets
Vegetarianism
29. A technique used by endurance athletes to trick the muscles into storing glycogen for extra energy
Simple carbohydrates
Electrolytes
Carbohydrate loading
Balance
30. A psychological disorder in which one eats very little or refuses to eat
Anaerobic activity
Phytochemicals
Anorexia nervosa
Trans-fatty acid
31. The percentage of different types of tissues in the body - such as fat - muscle - and bone
Complex carbohydrates
Body composition
Atherosclerosis
Anorexia nervosa
32. A protein that is missing one or more of the essential amino acids
Vegetarianism
Food drug interaction
Micromineral
Incomplete protein
33. The overall condition of a person's emotions
Cardio respiratory endurance
Protein
Unsaturated fatty acid
Emotional health
34. A state in which the body contains a lower than normal amount of body fluid
Sedentary
HDL (High Density Lipoprotein)
Fat soluble vitamin
Dehydration
35. A physical or chemical effect a drug has on a food or a food has on a drug
Binge eating disorder
Trans-fatty acid
Food drug interaction
Anaerobic activity
36. Lack of - or inability to use the hormone insulin - which results in the build up of glucose in the bloodstream
Organic food
Intensity
Vitamins
Diabetes mellitus
37. One of the six basic nutrients composed of carbon - hydrogen - oxygen - and nitrogen; the body uses it for growth and maintenance
Fad diets
Protein
Psychological health
MyPyramid
38. An essential nutrient that is the body's main source of energy; includes sugars and starches
Carbohydrate
Phytochemicals
Psychological health
Social health
39. Enhancing non-nutrient compounds in plant foods that are active in the body at the cellular level
Phytochemicals
Physical fitness
Complex carbohydrates
Food drug interaction
40. Being able to control the muscles and stay upright as one moves his body (see also Coordination)
MyPyramid
Balance
HDL (High Density Lipoprotein)
Phytochemicals
41. A food produced without the use of synthetic fertilizers - pesticides - or growth hormones
Culture
Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Non essential amino acid
Organic food
42. A psychological disorder in which one repeatedly binges and then purges
Fad diets
Bulimia nervosa
HDL (High Density Lipoprotein)
Complete protein
43. A protein that contains all the essential amino acids
Saturated fatty acid
Physical health
Intensity
Complete protein
44. The process of acquiring and maintaining physical - psychological - emotional - and social health
Wellness
Water soluble vitamin
Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Emotional health
45. A fatty acid with an odd molecule shape that forms when oils are partially hydrogenated
Complex carbohydrates
Protein
Culture
Trans-fatty acid
46. An essential nutrient that is the body's main source of energy; includes sugars and starches
Nutrient
Coordination
Carbohydrate
Dental caries
47. An amino acid that can be synthesized by the body
Macromineral
Non essential amino acid
Sugars
Intensity
48. A collective term used to refer to all the monosaccharides and disaccharides
Dental caries
Sugars
Endurance
Intensity
49. Everything about the way a group of people lives
Culture
LDL (Low Density Lipoprotein)
Body composition
Dietary Guidelines for Americans
50. A physical or chemical effect a drug has on a food or a food has on a drug
Food drug interaction
Aerobic activity
Complete protein
Sugars