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Nutrition And Wellness
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health-and-nutrition
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. The speed and power of movement during physical activities
Endurance
Intensity
Complex carbohydrates
Anorexia nervosa
2. A psychological disorder in which one binges but does not purge or exercise excessively
Anabolic steroid
Energy balance
Binge eating disorder
Physical health
3. A protein that contains all the essential amino acids
Culture
Complete protein
Intensity
Dental caries
4. Tooth decay
Dental caries
LDL (Low Density Lipoprotein)
Antioxidant
Physical activity
5. The overall condition of a person's attitudes
Food additive
Cholesterol
Psychological health
Genetic engineering
6. Picks up cholesterol from around the body and transports it back to the liver for removal from the body
Vegetarianism
Antioxidant
HDL (High Density Lipoprotein)
Simple carbohydrates
7. A vitamin that dissolves in fats; A -D -E - and K
Antioxidant
Fat soluble vitamin
Amino acid
Lactose intolerance
8. A substance that increases urine production
Diuretic
Irradiation
Physical fitness
Amino acid
9. The overall condition of a person's ability to relate to others around them
Anaerobic activity
Carbohydrate loading
MyPyramid
Social health
10. Enhancing non-nutrient compounds in plant foods that are active in the body at the cellular level
Complex carbohydrates
Technology
Phytochemicals
Psychological health
11. An artificial hormone used to build a more muscular body
Anabolic steroid
Starch
Complex carbohydrates
Simple carbohydrates
12. The percentage of different types of tissues in the body - such as fat - muscle - and bone
Psychological health
Anorexia nervosa
MyPyramid
Body composition
13. The study of nutrients and how they are used by the body
Genetic engineering
Macromineral
Incomplete protein
Nutrition
14. The ability to keep working the muscles without becoming overly tired
Energy balance
Food drug interaction
Irradiation
Endurance
15. A fatty acid that has no double bonds in its chemical structure and carries a full load of hydrogen atoms; solid at room temperature.
Sugars
Starch
Simple carbohydrates
Saturated fatty acid
16. Practice of eating a diet consisting entirely or largely of food from plant sources
Flexibility
MyPyramid
Diabetes mellitus
Vegetarianism
17. The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes such as reaching goals - meeting needs - and solving problems
Bulimia nervosa
Strength
Technology
Physical activity
18. A substance added to food products that causes desired changes in the products
Non essential amino acid
Electrolytes
Food drug interaction
Food additive
19. A food produced without the use of synthetic fertilizers - pesticides - or growth hormones
Organic food
MyPyramid
Cholesterol
Body composition
20. Sodium - chloride - and potassium working together to maintain the body's fluid balance
Endurance
Nutrient
Electrolytes
Nutrient
21. A protein that contains all the essential amino acids
Lifestyle
Diuretic
Complete protein
Technology
22. Nutrients that don't provide energy or build body tissue - but help regulate these and other body processes
Eating disorder
Vitamins
Cardio respiratory endurance
Physical health
23. The speed and power of movement during physical activities
Intensity
Macromineral
Emotional health
Complex carbohydrates
24. A nutrient that provides a concentrated source of energy - and helps protect the body from sudden changes in outside temperature
Fat
Physical health
LDL (Low Density Lipoprotein)
Eating disorder
25. A psychological disorder in which one binges but does not purge or exercise excessively
Binge eating disorder
Body Mass Index (BMI)
Saturated fatty acid
Trans-fatty acid
26. A calculation of body weight and height used to define underweight - healthy weight - overweight - and obesity
Body Mass Index (BMI)
Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Energy balance
Target heart rate
27. Physical activity that requires oxygen as it works the heart and lungs
Culture
Aerobic activity
Phytochemicals
Psychological health
28. A vitamin that dissolves in fats; A -D -E - and K
Cardio respiratory endurance
Fat soluble vitamin
Food additive
Antioxidant
29. A chemical substance in food that helps to maintain the body
Diabetes mellitus
Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Complex carbohydrates
Nutrient
30. The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes such as reaching goals - meeting needs - and solving problems
Micromineral
Coordination
Technology
Atherosclerosis
31. A set of guidelines about food choices developed by the US government
Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Trans-fatty acid
Protein
Anabolic steroid
32. A waxy liquid found in every cell of the body; found in foods from animal sources
Cholesterol
Non essential amino acid
Aerobic activity
Dietary Guidelines for Americans
33. 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
Physical health
Unsaturated fatty acid
Carbohydrate
Technology
34. Tooth decay
Aerobic activity
Dental caries
Eating disorder
Coordination
35. A physical or chemical effect a drug has on a food or a food has on a drug
Strength
Food drug interaction
Food additive
Anaerobic activity
36. Enhancing non-nutrient compounds in plant foods that are active in the body at the cellular level
Phytochemicals
Carbohydrate loading
Atherosclerosis
Physical fitness
37. An amino acid that cannot be made by the body and must be supplied by the diet
Balance
Body composition
Body Mass Index (BMI)
Essential amino acid
38. Extreme - unhealthy behavior relating to food - eating and weight
Psychological health
Eating disorder
Hypoglycemia
Anabolic steroid
39. A mineral required in the diet in an amount of 100 milligrams or more per day
Physical health
Macromineral
Vegetarianism
Target heart rate
40. The use of muscles to move the body
Non essential amino acid
Physical activity
Sedentary
Organic food
41. Lack of - or inability to use the hormone insulin - which results in the build up of glucose in the bloodstream
Fat soluble vitamin
Micromineral
Antioxidant
Diabetes mellitus
42. The overall condition of a person's ability to relate to others around them
Diabetes mellitus
Social health
Incomplete protein
Antioxidant
43. Plant material that cannot be digested
Sedentary
Physical activity
Bulimia nervosa
Dietary fiber
44. Combined state of physical - psychological - emotional - and social well being
Bulimia nervosa
Electrolytes
Health
Micromineral
45. Sodium - chloride - and potassium working together to maintain the body's fluid balance
Electrolytes
Carbohydrate loading
Diuretic
Aerobic activity
46. A state in which all body systems function together efficiently
Dehydration
Technology
Fat soluble vitamin
Physical fitness
47. Practice of eating a diet consisting entirely or largely of food from plant sources
Trans-fatty acid
Nutrition
Vegetarianism
Irradiation
48. A nutrient that provides a concentrated source of energy - and helps protect the body from sudden changes in outside temperature
Fat
Macromineral
Anorexia nervosa
Saturated fatty acid
49. Low blood glucose levels
Protein
Simple carbohydrates
Cardio respiratory endurance
Hypoglycemia
50. Starches; carbohydrates made of many sugars attached together
Sedentary
Complex carbohydrates
Irradiation
Nutrient