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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. Sugars; carbohydrates made of one or two sugar units
Bulimia nervosa
Irradiation
Simple carbohydrates
Vegetarianism
2. A commercial food preservation method that exposes food to gamma rays to increase shelf life and kill harmful microorganisms
Micromineral
Intensity
Food drug interaction
Irradiation
3. The speed and power of movement during physical activities
Water soluble vitamin
Intensity
Protein
Culture
4. A calculation of body weight and height used to define underweight - healthy weight - overweight - and obesity
Minerals
Body Mass Index (BMI)
HDL (High Density Lipoprotein)
Saturated fatty acid
5. Everything about the way one person - a couple - or a family choose to live
Hypoglycemia
Lifestyle
Antioxidant
Body Mass Index (BMI)
6. Plant material that cannot be digested
Balance
Dietary fiber
Simple carbohydrates
Dietary Guidelines for Americans
7. A substance that helps protect your body from cell damage that can lead to health problems
Energy balance
Carbohydrate
Antioxidant
Simple carbohydrates
8. Hardened and narrowed arteries caused by plaque deposits
Body Mass Index (BMI)
Physical activity
Atherosclerosis
Flexibility
9. Practice of eating a diet consisting entirely or largely of food from plant sources
Diabetes mellitus
Health
Organic food
Vegetarianism
10. An artificial hormone used to build a more muscular body
Organic food
Non essential amino acid
Cholesterol
Anabolic steroid
11. Picks up cholesterol from around the body and transports it back to the liver for removal from the body
Phytochemicals
Micromineral
Non essential amino acid
HDL (High Density Lipoprotein)
12. Extreme - unhealthy behavior relating to food - eating and weight
Cholesterol
Eating disorder
Sugars
Carbohydrate loading
13. USDA's guide for a personalized approach to healthy eating and physical activity; found at www.mypyramid.gov
Anaerobic activity
Dietary fiber
MyPyramid
Cholesterol
14. 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
Starch
Carbohydrate loading
Simple carbohydrates
Unsaturated fatty acid
15. A vitamin that dissolves in fats; A -D -E - and K
Vitamins
Atherosclerosis
Fat soluble vitamin
Endurance
16. A technique used by endurance athletes to trick the muscles into storing glycogen for extra energy
Cholesterol
Anorexia nervosa
Carbohydrate loading
Atherosclerosis
17. Being able to control the muscles and stay upright as one moves his body (see also Coordination)
Anorexia nervosa
Micromineral
Balance
Fat soluble vitamin
18. Nutrients that regulate the body processes or become a part of body tissues
Organic food
Minerals
Protein
Food additive
19. A mineral required in the diet in an amount less than 100 mg
Endurance
Unsaturated fatty acid
Micromineral
Protein
20. An essential nutrient that is the body's main source of energy; includes sugars and starches
Carbohydrate
Amino acid
Unsaturated fatty acid
Dental caries
21. Low blood glucose levels
Technology
Aerobic activity
Macromineral
Hypoglycemia
22. A nutrient that provides a concentrated source of energy - and helps protect the body from sudden changes in outside temperature
Binge eating disorder
LDL (Low Density Lipoprotein)
Emotional health
Fat
23. Carries cholesterol made by the liver to the blood cells
Complete protein
Culture
LDL (Low Density Lipoprotein)
Aerobic activity
24. The science of changing the genetic makeup of an organism
Genetic engineering
Bulimia nervosa
Irradiation
Flexibility
25. USDA's guide for a personalized approach to healthy eating and physical activity; found at www.mypyramid.gov
Health
MyPyramid
Carbohydrate
Body composition
26. The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes such as reaching goals - meeting needs - and solving problems
Technology
Minerals
Emotional health
Social health
27. A vitamin that dissolves in water and is not stored in the body; examples include vitamin C or B complex
Water soluble vitamin
Balance
Non essential amino acid
Culture
28. A collective term used to refer to all the monosaccharides and disaccharides
Non essential amino acid
Diuretic
Sugars
Atherosclerosis
29. An amino acid that can be synthesized by the body
Aerobic activity
Non essential amino acid
Minerals
Phytochemicals
30. An amino acid that cannot be made by the body and must be supplied by the diet
Vegetarianism
Psychological health
Strength
Essential amino acid
31. Nutrients that don't provide energy or build body tissue - but help regulate these and other body processes
Antioxidant
Coordination
Starch
Vitamins
32. Nutrients that regulate the body processes or become a part of body tissues
Eating disorder
Psychological health
Minerals
Technology
33. The overall condition of a person's emotions
Dehydration
Emotional health
Complex carbohydrates
Macromineral
34. 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
Binge eating disorder
Balance
Unsaturated fatty acid
HDL (High Density Lipoprotein)
35. 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
Non essential amino acid
Intensity
Food additive
36. A food produced without the use of synthetic fertilizers - pesticides - or growth hormones
Unsaturated fatty acid
Dental caries
Sedentary
Organic food
37. Lack of - or inability to use the hormone insulin - which results in the build up of glucose in the bloodstream
Physical activity
Atherosclerosis
Antioxidant
Diabetes mellitus
38. Power to work the muscles against resistance
Health
Coordination
Nutrient
Strength
39. An artificial hormone used to build a more muscular body
Anabolic steroid
Dental caries
Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Organic food
40. The speed and power of movement during physical activities
Anabolic steroid
HDL (High Density Lipoprotein)
Intensity
Social health
41. Sodium - chloride - and potassium working together to maintain the body's fluid balance
Electrolytes
MyPyramid
Fat
Body composition
42. A substance that increases urine production
Balance
Diuretic
Food drug interaction
Non essential amino acid
43. Sodium - chloride - and potassium working together to maintain the body's fluid balance
Electrolytes
Food additive
Physical health
Dietary Guidelines for Americans
44. Plant material that cannot be digested
Incomplete protein
Micromineral
Dietary fiber
Complete protein
45. An activity in which the muscles are using oxygen faster than the heart and lungs can deliver it
Dietary fiber
Culture
Anaerobic activity
Flexibility
46. The overall condition of a person's ability to relate to others around them
Vitamins
Endurance
Social health
HDL (High Density Lipoprotein)
47. An essential nutrient that is the body's main source of energy; includes sugars and starches
Diabetes mellitus
Body Mass Index (BMI)
Target heart rate
Carbohydrate
48. A psychological disorder in which one eats very little or refuses to eat
Body composition
Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Anorexia nervosa
Diuretic
49. The overall condition of a person's attitudes
Balance
Psychological health
Endurance
Dehydration
50. The ability to move muscles and joints through a full range of motion
Sugars
Flexibility
Atherosclerosis
Culture