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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. One of the building blocks of protein molecules
Essential amino acid
Amino acid
Lactose intolerance
Target heart rate
2. The study of nutrients and how they are used by the body
Hypoglycemia
Simple carbohydrates
Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Nutrition
3. Plant material that cannot be digested
HDL (High Density Lipoprotein)
Protein
Dietary fiber
Lifestyle
4. The ability to move muscles and joints through a full range of motion
Irradiation
Emotional health
Flexibility
Saturated fatty acid
5. A commercial food preservation method that exposes food to gamma rays to increase shelf life and kill harmful microorganisms
Sugars
Anaerobic activity
Irradiation
Fat
6. Power to work the muscles against resistance
Anaerobic activity
Strength
Dehydration
Macromineral
7. The overall condition of a person's ability to relate to others around them
Culture
Incomplete protein
Social health
LDL (Low Density Lipoprotein)
8. Physically inactive
Antioxidant
LDL (Low Density Lipoprotein)
Sedentary
Anorexia nervosa
9. A protein that is missing one or more of the essential amino acids
Incomplete protein
Macromineral
Diuretic
Trans-fatty acid
10. A vitamin that dissolves in water and is not stored in the body; examples include vitamin C or B complex
Wellness
Minerals
Saturated fatty acid
Water soluble vitamin
11. A food produced without the use of synthetic fertilizers - pesticides - or growth hormones
Organic food
Eating disorder
Fad diets
Lactose intolerance
12. A mineral required in the diet in an amount less than 100 mg
Fat
Balance
Organic food
Micromineral
13. Low blood glucose levels
Body Mass Index (BMI)
Food drug interaction
Hypoglycemia
Sedentary
14. A substance added to food products that causes desired changes in the products
Food additive
Lifestyle
Social health
Target heart rate
15. Sodium - chloride - and potassium working together to maintain the body's fluid balance
Endurance
Simple carbohydrates
Electrolytes
Trans-fatty acid
16. Practice of eating a diet consisting entirely or largely of food from plant sources
Vegetarianism
Essential amino acid
Body composition
Eating disorder
17. Nutrients that don't provide energy or build body tissue - but help regulate these and other body processes
Phytochemicals
Endurance
Anorexia nervosa
Vitamins
18. Sugars; carbohydrates made of one or two sugar units
Simple carbohydrates
Physical health
Psychological health
Genetic engineering
19. A chemical substance in food that helps to maintain the body
Aerobic activity
Antioxidant
Nutrient
Macromineral
20. An amino acid that cannot be made by the body and must be supplied by the diet
Essential amino acid
Physical health
Anorexia nervosa
Energy balance
21. Being able to control the muscles and stay upright as one moves his body
Micromineral
Sugars
Coordination
Dental caries
22. The use of muscles to move the body
Endurance
Cardio respiratory endurance
Physical activity
Flexibility
23. A technique used by endurance athletes to trick the muscles into storing glycogen for extra energy
Carbohydrate loading
Technology
Physical fitness
Dietary Guidelines for Americans
24. The ability to keep working the muscles without becoming overly tired
Lifestyle
Anabolic steroid
Endurance
Food drug interaction
25. A fatty acid that has at least one double bond between two carbon atoms in a carbon atom chain and is missing at least two hydrogen atoms; is liquid at room temperature
Genetic engineering
Unsaturated fatty acid
Carbohydrate loading
Fat soluble vitamin
26. Nutrients that regulate the body processes or become a part of body tissues
Carbohydrate
Simple carbohydrates
Dehydration
Minerals
27. Combined state of physical - psychological - emotional - and social well being
Health
HDL (High Density Lipoprotein)
LDL (Low Density Lipoprotein)
Amino acid
28. Inability to digest lactose
Anabolic steroid
Anaerobic activity
Cholesterol
Lactose intolerance
29. The overall condition of a person's ability to relate to others around them
Sedentary
Carbohydrate
Social health
Diabetes mellitus
30. The study of nutrients and how they are used by the body
Anabolic steroid
Flexibility
Anabolic steroid
Nutrition
31. The point at which the energy from the food eaten equals the energy used by the body
Macromineral
Body Mass Index (BMI)
Energy balance
Dental caries
32. Hardened and narrowed arteries caused by plaque deposits
Atherosclerosis
Technology
Saturated fatty acid
Vegetarianism
33. A state in which the body contains a lower than normal amount of body fluid
Flexibility
Unsaturated fatty acid
Body Mass Index (BMI)
Dehydration
34. A psychological disorder in which one binges but does not purge or exercise excessively
Flexibility
Vitamins
Binge eating disorder
Aerobic activity
35. A mineral required in the diet in an amount of 100 milligrams or more per day
Flexibility
Lactose intolerance
Body Mass Index (BMI)
Macromineral
36. Low blood glucose levels
Emotional health
Hypoglycemia
Diabetes mellitus
Diuretic
37. A state in which all body systems function together efficiently
Physical fitness
Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Emotional health
Technology
38. A protein that contains all the essential amino acids
Dental caries
Carbohydrate
Nutrition
Complete protein
39. A fatty acid that has at least one double bond between two carbon atoms in a carbon atom chain and is missing at least two hydrogen atoms; is liquid at room temperature
Trans-fatty acid
Nutrient
Unsaturated fatty acid
Genetic engineering
40. Extreme - unhealthy behavior relating to food - eating and weight
Eating disorder
Starch
Carbohydrate loading
Culture
41. Everything about the way one person - a couple - or a family choose to live
Lifestyle
Binge eating disorder
Anabolic steroid
Nutrient
42. A chemical substance in food that helps to maintain the body
Body composition
Nutrient
Complex carbohydrates
Dietary Guidelines for Americans
43. The use of muscles to move the body
Physical activity
Social health
Atherosclerosis
Wellness
44. A fatty acid with an odd molecule shape that forms when oils are partially hydrogenated
Social health
Trans-fatty acid
Vegetarianism
Nutrition
45. The process of acquiring and maintaining physical - psychological - emotional - and social health
Dietary fiber
Target heart rate
Wellness
Atherosclerosis
46. A substance added to food products that causes desired changes in the products
Macromineral
Balance
Wellness
Food additive
47. A physical or chemical effect a drug has on a food or a food has on a drug
Wellness
Food drug interaction
Complete protein
Phytochemicals
48. The point at which the energy from the food eaten equals the energy used by the body
Complete protein
Binge eating disorder
Energy balance
Nutrient
49. Being able to control the muscles and stay upright as one moves his body (see also Coordination)
Bulimia nervosa
Energy balance
Balance
Sugars
50. A fatty acid that has no double bonds in its chemical structure and carries a full load of hydrogen atoms; solid at room temperature.
Body Mass Index (BMI)
Saturated fatty acid
Carbohydrate
Anorexia nervosa