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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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1. USDA's guide for a personalized approach to healthy eating and physical activity; found at www.mypyramid.gov
Food drug interaction
MyPyramid
Diuretic
Target heart rate
2. Nutrients that regulate the body processes or become a part of body tissues
Minerals
Electrolytes
Fad diets
Health
3. Picks up cholesterol from around the body and transports it back to the liver for removal from the body
HDL (High Density Lipoprotein)
Complex carbohydrates
Saturated fatty acid
Body Mass Index (BMI)
4. The overall condition of a person's ability to relate to others around them
Electrolytes
Social health
Dental caries
Atherosclerosis
5. Practice of eating a diet consisting entirely or largely of food from plant sources
Vegetarianism
Anaerobic activity
Nutrient
Culture
6. The overall condition of a person's emotions
Emotional health
Fat
Irradiation
Diabetes mellitus
7. The overall condition of a person's attitudes
Target heart rate
Social health
Psychological health
Sugars
8. A substance that helps protect your body from cell damage that can lead to health problems
Nutrient
Antioxidant
Dental caries
Essential amino acid
9. The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes such as reaching goals - meeting needs - and solving problems
Lifestyle
Food additive
Technology
Organic food
10. The overall condition of a person's body
Emotional health
Physical health
Social health
MyPyramid
11. An amino acid that cannot be made by the body and must be supplied by the diet
Essential amino acid
Amino acid
Diuretic
Fad diets
12. A psychological disorder in which one binges but does not purge or exercise excessively
Unsaturated fatty acid
Binge eating disorder
Complex carbohydrates
Fat soluble vitamin
13. A food produced without the use of synthetic fertilizers - pesticides - or growth hormones
Nutrition
Organic food
Hypoglycemia
Energy balance
14. A physical or chemical effect a drug has on a food or a food has on a drug
Atherosclerosis
Saturated fatty acid
Food drug interaction
Anorexia nervosa
15. Enhancing non-nutrient compounds in plant foods that are active in the body at the cellular level
Fad diets
Phytochemicals
Non essential amino acid
Genetic engineering
16. A fatty acid that has no double bonds in its chemical structure and carries a full load of hydrogen atoms; solid at room temperature.
Bulimia nervosa
Cholesterol
Saturated fatty acid
Electrolytes
17. Sugars; carbohydrates made of one or two sugar units
Trans-fatty acid
Simple carbohydrates
Minerals
Electrolytes
18. The process of acquiring and maintaining physical - psychological - emotional - and social health
Fat
Coordination
Psychological health
Wellness
19. A commercial food preservation method that exposes food to gamma rays to increase shelf life and kill harmful microorganisms
Aerobic activity
Coordination
Energy balance
Irradiation
20. Being able to control the muscles and stay upright as one moves his body (see also Coordination)
Eating disorder
Unsaturated fatty acid
Balance
Cardio respiratory endurance
21. The science of changing the genetic makeup of an organism
Physical activity
Genetic engineering
Anabolic steroid
Food additive
22. A mineral required in the diet in an amount of 100 milligrams or more per day
Culture
Fat soluble vitamin
Body Mass Index (BMI)
Macromineral
23. How well the heart and lungs can keep up with physical activity
Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Starch
Cardio respiratory endurance
Vitamins
24. Low blood glucose levels
Trans-fatty acid
Hypoglycemia
Antioxidant
Coordination
25. Plant material that cannot be digested
Irradiation
Dietary fiber
Complex carbohydrates
Protein
26. Power to work the muscles against resistance
Dietary Guidelines for Americans
MyPyramid
Sedentary
Strength
27. The speed and power of movement during physical activities
Fad diets
Intensity
Irradiation
Diuretic
28. A substance added to food products that causes desired changes in the products
Lifestyle
Culture
Coordination
Food additive
29. A chemical substance in food that helps to maintain the body
Nutrient
Vegetarianism
Anabolic steroid
Aerobic activity
30. A waxy liquid found in every cell of the body; found in foods from animal sources
Wellness
Aerobic activity
Dental caries
Cholesterol
31. Enhancing non-nutrient compounds in plant foods that are active in the body at the cellular level
Carbohydrate loading
Wellness
Macromineral
Phytochemicals
32. Physically inactive
Sugars
Macromineral
Lifestyle
Sedentary
33. A fatty acid with an odd molecule shape that forms when oils are partially hydrogenated
Trans-fatty acid
Food additive
Strength
Starch
34. A substance added to food products that causes desired changes in the products
Food additive
Phytochemicals
Complete protein
Phytochemicals
35. A psychological disorder in which one repeatedly binges and then purges
Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Bulimia nervosa
Health
Phytochemicals
36. Tooth decay
Eating disorder
Dental caries
Fad diets
Emotional health
37. The ability to keep working the muscles without becoming overly tired
Dietary fiber
Minerals
Endurance
Cardio respiratory endurance
38. Extreme - unhealthy behavior relating to food - eating and weight
Eating disorder
Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Amino acid
Dental caries
39. A calculation of body weight and height used to define underweight - healthy weight - overweight - and obesity
Intensity
Balance
Protein
Body Mass Index (BMI)
40. Starches; carbohydrates made of many sugars attached together
Complex carbohydrates
Irradiation
Anorexia nervosa
Bulimia nervosa
41. An amino acid that can be synthesized by the body
Diabetes mellitus
Genetic engineering
Non essential amino acid
Amino acid
42. A substance that helps protect your body from cell damage that can lead to health problems
Fat
Starch
Antioxidant
Aerobic activity
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
Binge eating disorder
Unsaturated fatty acid
Simple carbohydrates
Strength
44. The study of nutrients and how they are used by the body
Irradiation
Nutrition
Eating disorder
Sugars
45. 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
Body composition
Essential amino acid
Starch
Trans-fatty acid
46. Lack of - or inability to use the hormone insulin - which results in the build up of glucose in the bloodstream
Diabetes mellitus
Fat
Culture
Anaerobic activity
47. Everything about the way a group of people lives
Simple carbohydrates
Aerobic activity
Culture
Non essential amino acid
48. A food produced without the use of synthetic fertilizers - pesticides - or growth hormones
Atherosclerosis
Organic food
Trans-fatty acid
Protein
49. An amino acid that cannot be made by the body and must be supplied by the diet
Nutrition
Endurance
Essential amino acid
Protein
50. Carries cholesterol made by the liver to the blood cells
Balance
LDL (Low Density Lipoprotein)
MyPyramid
Diabetes mellitus