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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. Enhancing non-nutrient compounds in plant foods that are active in the body at the cellular level
Phytochemicals
Cardio respiratory endurance
Lifestyle
Atherosclerosis
2. The ability to keep working the muscles without becoming overly tired
Dehydration
Endurance
Flexibility
Vitamins
3. The point at which the energy from the food eaten equals the energy used by the body
Energy balance
Minerals
Body Mass Index (BMI)
Culture
4. A substance that helps protect your body from cell damage that can lead to health problems
Strength
Macromineral
Physical health
Antioxidant
5. The science of changing the genetic makeup of an organism
Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Hypoglycemia
Simple carbohydrates
Genetic engineering
6. The range of heartbeats per minute at which the heart muscle receives the best workout; 60 to 90 percent of maximum heart rate
Fad diets
Target heart rate
Intensity
Dietary fiber
7. Nutrients that regulate the body processes or become a part of body tissues
Minerals
Genetic engineering
Essential amino acid
Body Mass Index (BMI)
8. The ability to move muscles and joints through a full range of motion
Flexibility
Body Mass Index (BMI)
Carbohydrate loading
Antioxidant
9. Weight loss plans that are popular for a short time and are often based on misinformation - unusual requirements - and promises of immediate weight loss
Lifestyle
Fad diets
Flexibility
Genetic engineering
10. Sugars; carbohydrates made of one or two sugar units
Simple carbohydrates
Food drug interaction
Balance
Sugars
11. The ability to move muscles and joints through a full range of motion
Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Flexibility
Dental caries
Eating disorder
12. A mineral required in the diet in an amount of 100 milligrams or more per day
Unsaturated fatty acid
Trans-fatty acid
Macromineral
Fat soluble vitamin
13. A substance that increases urine production
HDL (High Density Lipoprotein)
Lifestyle
Diuretic
Social health
14. The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes such as reaching goals - meeting needs - and solving problems
Simple carbohydrates
Psychological health
Technology
Health
15. A set of guidelines about food choices developed by the US government
Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Culture
Fat
Emotional health
16. A mineral required in the diet in an amount of 100 milligrams or more per day
Water soluble vitamin
Fad diets
MyPyramid
Macromineral
17. Hardened and narrowed arteries caused by plaque deposits
Sedentary
LDL (Low Density Lipoprotein)
Atherosclerosis
Wellness
18. Low blood glucose levels
Hypoglycemia
Carbohydrate loading
Culture
Micromineral
19. A psychological disorder in which one repeatedly binges and then purges
Lifestyle
Bulimia nervosa
Intensity
Complete protein
20. Extreme - unhealthy behavior relating to food - eating and weight
Intensity
Nutrition
Eating disorder
Protein
21. The overall condition of a person's body
Anorexia nervosa
Physical health
Fat soluble vitamin
Macromineral
22. Plant material that cannot be digested
Flexibility
Dietary fiber
Diuretic
Health
23. Starches; carbohydrates made of many sugars attached together
HDL (High Density Lipoprotein)
Body Mass Index (BMI)
Food drug interaction
Complex carbohydrates
24. An amino acid that cannot be made by the body and must be supplied by the diet
LDL (Low Density Lipoprotein)
Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Anorexia nervosa
Essential amino acid
25. Everything about the way one person - a couple - or a family choose to live
Vegetarianism
Lifestyle
Eating disorder
Food drug interaction
26. Combined state of physical - psychological - emotional - and social well being
Physical fitness
Minerals
Lactose intolerance
Health
27. Physically inactive
Sedentary
Antioxidant
Vegetarianism
Minerals
28. A fatty acid that has no double bonds in its chemical structure and carries a full load of hydrogen atoms; solid at room temperature.
Starch
Saturated fatty acid
Physical activity
Unsaturated fatty acid
29. A psychological disorder in which one binges but does not purge or exercise excessively
Lifestyle
Binge eating disorder
Dental caries
Saturated fatty acid
30. A calculation of body weight and height used to define underweight - healthy weight - overweight - and obesity
Body Mass Index (BMI)
Cholesterol
Macromineral
Food additive
31. The percentage of different types of tissues in the body - such as fat - muscle - and bone
Body composition
Complete protein
Atherosclerosis
Lifestyle
32. A fatty acid with an odd molecule shape that forms when oils are partially hydrogenated
Carbohydrate loading
Nutrient
Trans-fatty acid
Target heart rate
33. A physical or chemical effect a drug has on a food or a food has on a drug
Food drug interaction
Electrolytes
Water soluble vitamin
Diabetes mellitus
34. One of the six basic nutrients composed of carbon - hydrogen - oxygen - and nitrogen; the body uses it for growth and maintenance
Starch
Protein
Saturated fatty acid
Fat soluble vitamin
35. Everything about the way a group of people lives
Culture
Water soluble vitamin
Cholesterol
Cardio respiratory endurance
36. Plant material that cannot be digested
Atherosclerosis
Body Mass Index (BMI)
Dietary fiber
Technology
37. An amino acid that can be synthesized by the body
Cholesterol
Complex carbohydrates
Physical fitness
Non essential amino acid
38. A technique used by endurance athletes to trick the muscles into storing glycogen for extra energy
Diuretic
Macromineral
Dental caries
Carbohydrate loading
39. The overall condition of a person's ability to relate to others around them
Minerals
Anaerobic activity
Social health
Electrolytes
40. Sugars; carbohydrates made of one or two sugar units
Simple carbohydrates
Coordination
Fat
Eating disorder
41. Being able to control the muscles and stay upright as one moves his body (see also Coordination)
Trans-fatty acid
Physical health
Balance
Lactose intolerance
42. A state in which the body contains a lower than normal amount of body fluid
Incomplete protein
Micromineral
Sugars
Dehydration
43. Nutrients that don't provide energy or build body tissue - but help regulate these and other body processes
Macromineral
Anorexia nervosa
Body composition
Vitamins
44. A psychological disorder in which one eats very little or refuses to eat
Vitamins
Anorexia nervosa
Simple carbohydrates
Carbohydrate loading
45. A set of guidelines about food choices developed by the US government
Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Wellness
Water soluble vitamin
Phytochemicals
46. One of the six basic nutrients composed of carbon - hydrogen - oxygen - and nitrogen; the body uses it for growth and maintenance
Protein
Binge eating disorder
Complex carbohydrates
Social health
47. The study of nutrients and how they are used by the body
Wellness
Hypoglycemia
Food additive
Nutrition
48. A collective term used to refer to all the monosaccharides and disaccharides
Physical health
Culture
Sugars
Complex carbohydrates
49. A vitamin that dissolves in water and is not stored in the body; examples include vitamin C or B complex
Water soluble vitamin
Flexibility
HDL (High Density Lipoprotein)
MyPyramid
50. A psychological disorder in which one repeatedly binges and then purges
Electrolytes
Bulimia nervosa
Starch
Trans-fatty acid