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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. A state in which the body contains a lower than normal amount of body fluid
Water soluble vitamin
Trans-fatty acid
Dehydration
Energy balance
2. A calculation of body weight and height used to define underweight - healthy weight - overweight - and obesity
Body Mass Index (BMI)
Vitamins
Nutrient
Physical fitness
3. Everything about the way one person - a couple - or a family choose to live
Cardio respiratory endurance
Diuretic
Lifestyle
Psychological health
4. The ability to move muscles and joints through a full range of motion
Flexibility
Endurance
Nutrient
Cardio respiratory endurance
5. A set of guidelines about food choices developed by the US government
Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Nutrition
Dental caries
Fat soluble vitamin
6. Inability to digest lactose
Emotional health
Lactose intolerance
Micromineral
Electrolytes
7. An essential nutrient that is the body's main source of energy; includes sugars and starches
Sugars
Vegetarianism
Essential amino acid
Carbohydrate
8. Low blood glucose levels
Dehydration
Hypoglycemia
Health
Lactose intolerance
9. A physical or chemical effect a drug has on a food or a food has on a drug
Micromineral
Food drug interaction
Wellness
Physical activity
10. The overall condition of a person's body
Physical health
Health
HDL (High Density Lipoprotein)
Trans-fatty acid
11. How well the heart and lungs can keep up with physical activity
Coordination
Amino acid
Cardio respiratory endurance
Target heart rate
12. A nutrient that provides a concentrated source of energy - and helps protect the body from sudden changes in outside temperature
Fat
Nutrient
Emotional health
Binge eating disorder
13. An activity in which the muscles are using oxygen faster than the heart and lungs can deliver it
Simple carbohydrates
Eating disorder
Nutrient
Anaerobic activity
14. The speed and power of movement during physical activities
Trans-fatty acid
Carbohydrate loading
Vitamins
Intensity
15. Practice of eating a diet consisting entirely or largely of food from plant sources
Vegetarianism
Strength
Diabetes mellitus
Lactose intolerance
16. Nutrients that don't provide energy or build body tissue - but help regulate these and other body processes
Antioxidant
Vitamins
MyPyramid
Diuretic
17. Carries cholesterol made by the liver to the blood cells
Nutrient
Micromineral
LDL (Low Density Lipoprotein)
MyPyramid
18. A calculation of body weight and height used to define underweight - healthy weight - overweight - and obesity
Body Mass Index (BMI)
Starch
Balance
Emotional health
19. Being able to control the muscles and stay upright as one moves his body (see also Coordination)
Flexibility
Cholesterol
Irradiation
Balance
20. Power to work the muscles against resistance
Strength
Carbohydrate
Cholesterol
Lactose intolerance
21. A fatty acid that has no double bonds in its chemical structure and carries a full load of hydrogen atoms; solid at room temperature.
Carbohydrate loading
Starch
Saturated fatty acid
Fad diets
22. A food produced without the use of synthetic fertilizers - pesticides - or growth hormones
Organic food
Dental caries
Binge eating disorder
Incomplete protein
23. The percentage of different types of tissues in the body - such as fat - muscle - and bone
Food additive
Endurance
Social health
Body composition
24. A polysaccharide that is the storage form of energy in plants; a complex carbohydrate found in foods such as potatoes - corn - rice - grits - pasta -oatmeal - and cornmeal
HDL (High Density Lipoprotein)
Starch
Wellness
Antioxidant
25. Combined state of physical - psychological - emotional - and social well being
Bulimia nervosa
Body Mass Index (BMI)
Nutrient
Health
26. Picks up cholesterol from around the body and transports it back to the liver for removal from the body
Antioxidant
HDL (High Density Lipoprotein)
Incomplete protein
Essential amino acid
27. Hardened and narrowed arteries caused by plaque deposits
LDL (Low Density Lipoprotein)
Atherosclerosis
Anaerobic activity
Culture
28. The overall condition of a person's body
Physical health
Nutrient
Diabetes mellitus
Sedentary
29. The study of nutrients and how they are used by the body
Nutrition
Energy balance
Binge eating disorder
Organic food
30. A fatty acid that has no double bonds in its chemical structure and carries a full load of hydrogen atoms; solid at room temperature.
Saturated fatty acid
Electrolytes
Diabetes mellitus
Vitamins
31. A food produced without the use of synthetic fertilizers - pesticides - or growth hormones
Organic food
Saturated fatty acid
Non essential amino acid
Phytochemicals
32. A protein that contains all the essential amino acids
Eating disorder
Complete protein
Organic food
Essential amino acid
33. Everything about the way a group of people lives
Strength
MyPyramid
Culture
LDL (Low Density Lipoprotein)
34. The use of muscles to move the body
Strength
Genetic engineering
Fat soluble vitamin
Physical activity
35. An amino acid that cannot be made by the body and must be supplied by the diet
Coordination
Essential amino acid
Nutrition
Sugars
36. An amino acid that cannot be made by the body and must be supplied by the diet
Dental caries
Essential amino acid
Target heart rate
LDL (Low Density Lipoprotein)
37. A psychological disorder in which one eats very little or refuses to eat
Anorexia nervosa
Dietary fiber
Wellness
Lifestyle
38. A state in which all body systems function together efficiently
Nutrition
Essential amino acid
Physical fitness
LDL (Low Density Lipoprotein)
39. The ability to keep working the muscles without becoming overly tired
Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Endurance
Strength
Essential amino acid
40. The overall condition of a person's emotions
Dental caries
Atherosclerosis
Emotional health
Dehydration
41. A polysaccharide that is the storage form of energy in plants; a complex carbohydrate found in foods such as potatoes - corn - rice - grits - pasta -oatmeal - and cornmeal
Atherosclerosis
Technology
Strength
Starch
42. Weight loss plans that are popular for a short time and are often based on misinformation - unusual requirements - and promises of immediate weight loss
Strength
Intensity
Fad diets
Lactose intolerance
43. A collective term used to refer to all the monosaccharides and disaccharides
Sugars
Atherosclerosis
Wellness
Fat soluble vitamin
44. A vitamin that dissolves in water and is not stored in the body; examples include vitamin C or B complex
Protein
Macromineral
Water soluble vitamin
Physical health
45. Inability to digest lactose
Health
Lactose intolerance
Antioxidant
Physical health
46. A fatty acid with an odd molecule shape that forms when oils are partially hydrogenated
Physical fitness
Electrolytes
Social health
Trans-fatty acid
47. A chemical substance in food that helps to maintain the body
Nutrient
Fad diets
Genetic engineering
Organic food
48. A mineral required in the diet in an amount less than 100 mg
Macromineral
Micromineral
Binge eating disorder
Vegetarianism
49. A chemical substance in food that helps to maintain the body
Electrolytes
Complex carbohydrates
Balance
Nutrient
50. Weight loss plans that are popular for a short time and are often based on misinformation - unusual requirements - and promises of immediate weight loss
Fad diets
Macromineral
Lifestyle
Bulimia nervosa