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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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1. Power to work the muscles against resistance
Carbohydrate
Strength
Balance
Saturated fatty acid
2. The overall condition of a person's body
Physical health
Saturated fatty acid
Organic food
Unsaturated fatty acid
3. Everything about the way a group of people lives
Dental caries
Diuretic
Culture
Hypoglycemia
4. How well the heart and lungs can keep up with physical activity
Food drug interaction
Cardio respiratory endurance
Carbohydrate
HDL (High Density Lipoprotein)
5. A food produced without the use of synthetic fertilizers - pesticides - or growth hormones
Hypoglycemia
Vitamins
Macromineral
Organic food
6. The overall condition of a person's attitudes
Psychological health
Social health
Fat
Cardio respiratory endurance
7. An activity in which the muscles are using oxygen faster than the heart and lungs can deliver it
Anaerobic activity
Carbohydrate loading
Eating disorder
Body Mass Index (BMI)
8. A technique used by endurance athletes to trick the muscles into storing glycogen for extra energy
Carbohydrate loading
Physical fitness
Electrolytes
Endurance
9. Nutrients that don't provide energy or build body tissue - but help regulate these and other body processes
Vitamins
Anaerobic activity
Binge eating disorder
Simple carbohydrates
10. A waxy liquid found in every cell of the body; found in foods from animal sources
Cholesterol
Electrolytes
Intensity
Energy balance
11. The study of nutrients and how they are used by the body
Strength
Nutrition
Irradiation
Cardio respiratory endurance
12. A set of guidelines about food choices developed by the US government
Strength
Simple carbohydrates
Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Anaerobic activity
13. The process of acquiring and maintaining physical - psychological - emotional - and social health
Social health
Wellness
Dental caries
Genetic engineering
14. Starches; carbohydrates made of many sugars attached together
Food drug interaction
Fat
Cholesterol
Complex carbohydrates
15. Everything about the way a group of people lives
Incomplete protein
Lifestyle
Culture
Saturated fatty acid
16. Practice of eating a diet consisting entirely or largely of food from plant sources
Vegetarianism
Trans-fatty acid
Aerobic activity
Physical health
17. Lack of - or inability to use the hormone insulin - which results in the build up of glucose in the bloodstream
LDL (Low Density Lipoprotein)
Psychological health
Diabetes mellitus
Physical fitness
18. Lack of - or inability to use the hormone insulin - which results in the build up of glucose in the bloodstream
Unsaturated fatty acid
Unsaturated fatty acid
Fat
Diabetes mellitus
19. One of the building blocks of protein molecules
Aerobic activity
Body Mass Index (BMI)
Psychological health
Amino acid
20. The ability to move muscles and joints through a full range of motion
Non essential amino acid
Flexibility
Antioxidant
Eating disorder
21. An amino acid that cannot be made by the body and must be supplied by the diet
Vegetarianism
Essential amino acid
Sugars
Protein
22. The point at which the energy from the food eaten equals the energy used by the body
Physical fitness
Lifestyle
Simple carbohydrates
Energy balance
23. A chemical substance in food that helps to maintain the body
Organic food
Anorexia nervosa
Aerobic activity
Nutrient
24. Low blood glucose levels
Macromineral
Diabetes mellitus
LDL (Low Density Lipoprotein)
Hypoglycemia
25. A substance that helps protect your body from cell damage that can lead to health problems
Wellness
Endurance
Diabetes mellitus
Antioxidant
26. Physically inactive
Sedentary
Nutrient
Carbohydrate
Coordination
27. Nutrients that regulate the body processes or become a part of body tissues
Minerals
Micromineral
Intensity
Wellness
28. Enhancing non-nutrient compounds in plant foods that are active in the body at the cellular level
Food additive
Phytochemicals
Sugars
Genetic engineering
29. An amino acid that can be synthesized by the body
Non essential amino acid
HDL (High Density Lipoprotein)
Bulimia nervosa
Carbohydrate
30. The use of muscles to move the body
Aerobic activity
Sedentary
Antioxidant
Physical activity
31. A commercial food preservation method that exposes food to gamma rays to increase shelf life and kill harmful microorganisms
Micromineral
Non essential amino acid
Organic food
Irradiation
32. Hardened and narrowed arteries caused by plaque deposits
Culture
Diuretic
Atherosclerosis
Antioxidant
33. The range of heartbeats per minute at which the heart muscle receives the best workout; 60 to 90 percent of maximum heart rate
Energy balance
Nutrient
Simple carbohydrates
Target heart rate
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
HDL (High Density Lipoprotein)
Incomplete protein
Unsaturated fatty acid
Diabetes mellitus
35. Nutrients that don't provide energy or build body tissue - but help regulate these and other body processes
Macromineral
Vitamins
Balance
Aerobic activity
36. One of the six basic nutrients composed of carbon - hydrogen - oxygen - and nitrogen; the body uses it for growth and maintenance
Sedentary
Vegetarianism
Protein
Fad diets
37. The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes such as reaching goals - meeting needs - and solving problems
Eating disorder
Physical health
Carbohydrate
Technology
38. A mineral required in the diet in an amount less than 100 mg
Fat soluble vitamin
Micromineral
Body Mass Index (BMI)
Complete protein
39. Physically inactive
Aerobic activity
Diuretic
Sedentary
Fat
40. Nutrients that regulate the body processes or become a part of body tissues
Minerals
Unsaturated fatty acid
Food drug interaction
Fat soluble vitamin
41. USDA's guide for a personalized approach to healthy eating and physical activity; found at www.mypyramid.gov
Endurance
MyPyramid
Lactose intolerance
Eating disorder
42. The range of heartbeats per minute at which the heart muscle receives the best workout; 60 to 90 percent of maximum heart rate
Balance
Trans-fatty acid
Fat soluble vitamin
Target heart rate
43. 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
Unsaturated fatty acid
Fad diets
Protein
Culture
44. Weight loss plans that are popular for a short time and are often based on misinformation - unusual requirements - and promises of immediate weight loss
Essential amino acid
Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Fat soluble vitamin
Fad diets
45. Carries cholesterol made by the liver to the blood cells
LDL (Low Density Lipoprotein)
Carbohydrate loading
Physical health
Antioxidant
46. Weight loss plans that are popular for a short time and are often based on misinformation - unusual requirements - and promises of immediate weight loss
Non essential amino acid
Strength
Anabolic steroid
Fad diets
47. Being able to control the muscles and stay upright as one moves his body (see also Coordination)
Simple carbohydrates
Nutrition
Wellness
Balance
48. Picks up cholesterol from around the body and transports it back to the liver for removal from the body
HDL (High Density Lipoprotein)
Protein
Cholesterol
Strength
49. A substance that helps protect your body from cell damage that can lead to health problems
Fat soluble vitamin
Body Mass Index (BMI)
Antioxidant
Minerals
50. The overall condition of a person's emotions
MyPyramid
Atherosclerosis
Balance
Emotional health