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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. A substance that helps protect your body from cell damage that can lead to health problems
Emotional health
Organic food
Antioxidant
Technology
2. Physically inactive
Sugars
Sedentary
Lifestyle
Endurance
3. A state in which the body contains a lower than normal amount of body fluid
Diuretic
Dehydration
Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Unsaturated fatty acid
4. Practice of eating a diet consisting entirely or largely of food from plant sources
Micromineral
Antioxidant
Vegetarianism
Atherosclerosis
5. The overall condition of a person's attitudes
Psychological health
Wellness
Food drug interaction
Starch
6. A chemical substance in food that helps to maintain the body
Irradiation
Nutrient
Balance
Body Mass Index (BMI)
7. Combined state of physical - psychological - emotional - and social well being
Endurance
Complete protein
Health
Dehydration
8. How well the heart and lungs can keep up with physical activity
Cardio respiratory endurance
Balance
Wellness
Technology
9. A calculation of body weight and height used to define underweight - healthy weight - overweight - and obesity
Nutrient
Non essential amino acid
Lifestyle
Body Mass Index (BMI)
10. The science of changing the genetic makeup of an organism
Nutrition
Strength
Anaerobic activity
Genetic engineering
11. Sugars; carbohydrates made of one or two sugar units
Simple carbohydrates
Target heart rate
Body composition
Sugars
12. A technique used by endurance athletes to trick the muscles into storing glycogen for extra energy
Social health
Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Carbohydrate loading
Eating disorder
13. The study of nutrients and how they are used by the body
Dietary fiber
Complex carbohydrates
Nutrition
Balance
14. A fatty acid with an odd molecule shape that forms when oils are partially hydrogenated
Saturated fatty acid
Binge eating disorder
Binge eating disorder
Trans-fatty acid
15. A calculation of body weight and height used to define underweight - healthy weight - overweight - and obesity
Macromineral
Electrolytes
Diuretic
Body Mass Index (BMI)
16. A waxy liquid found in every cell of the body; found in foods from animal sources
Cholesterol
Intensity
Anabolic steroid
Saturated fatty acid
17. A state in which all body systems function together efficiently
Non essential amino acid
Nutrition
Aerobic activity
Physical fitness
18. USDA's guide for a personalized approach to healthy eating and physical activity; found at www.mypyramid.gov
Atherosclerosis
Hypoglycemia
MyPyramid
Saturated fatty acid
19. The ability to keep working the muscles without becoming overly tired
Endurance
Physical health
Health
Unsaturated fatty acid
20. The study of nutrients and how they are used by the body
Electrolytes
Nutrition
Emotional health
Amino acid
21. How well the heart and lungs can keep up with physical activity
Food drug interaction
Complex carbohydrates
Cardio respiratory endurance
Macromineral
22. An amino acid that cannot be made by the body and must be supplied by the diet
Carbohydrate loading
Sedentary
Essential amino acid
Dehydration
23. Weight loss plans that are popular for a short time and are often based on misinformation - unusual requirements - and promises of immediate weight loss
Cardio respiratory endurance
Vegetarianism
Fad diets
Organic food
24. Physical activity that requires oxygen as it works the heart and lungs
Dietary fiber
Aerobic activity
Protein
LDL (Low Density Lipoprotein)
25. One of the six basic nutrients composed of carbon - hydrogen - oxygen - and nitrogen; the body uses it for growth and maintenance
Protein
Sedentary
Water soluble vitamin
Bulimia nervosa
26. Starches; carbohydrates made of many sugars attached together
Intensity
Complex carbohydrates
Bulimia nervosa
Anabolic steroid
27. Sugars; carbohydrates made of one or two sugar units
Complete protein
Atherosclerosis
Simple carbohydrates
Culture
28. The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes such as reaching goals - meeting needs - and solving problems
Dehydration
Energy balance
Technology
Antioxidant
29. A mineral required in the diet in an amount of 100 milligrams or more per day
Protein
HDL (High Density Lipoprotein)
Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Macromineral
30. Carries cholesterol made by the liver to the blood cells
Complex carbohydrates
LDL (Low Density Lipoprotein)
Aerobic activity
Essential amino acid
31. Sodium - chloride - and potassium working together to maintain the body's fluid balance
Electrolytes
Physical activity
Fat soluble vitamin
Wellness
32. An essential nutrient that is the body's main source of energy; includes sugars and starches
Endurance
Complete protein
Fat soluble vitamin
Carbohydrate
33. The process of acquiring and maintaining physical - psychological - emotional - and social health
HDL (High Density Lipoprotein)
Dietary fiber
Wellness
Body composition
34. An artificial hormone used to build a more muscular body
Anabolic steroid
Fad diets
Saturated fatty acid
Wellness
35. 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
Carbohydrate
Unsaturated fatty acid
Eating disorder
Water soluble vitamin
36. The overall condition of a person's body
Fat soluble vitamin
Physical health
Flexibility
Organic food
37. An amino acid that can be synthesized by the body
Non essential amino acid
Target heart rate
Vegetarianism
Complete protein
38. The overall condition of a person's ability to relate to others around them
Fad diets
Food additive
Social health
Phytochemicals
39. Nutrients that don't provide energy or build body tissue - but help regulate these and other body processes
Body Mass Index (BMI)
Lifestyle
Fat soluble vitamin
Vitamins
40. One of the six basic nutrients composed of carbon - hydrogen - oxygen - and nitrogen; the body uses it for growth and maintenance
Protein
Strength
Nutrition
Complete protein
41. 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
Anabolic steroid
Nutrient
Trans-fatty acid
Starch
42. Inability to digest lactose
Intensity
Anabolic steroid
Lactose intolerance
Strength
43. Everything about the way one person - a couple - or a family choose to live
Lifestyle
Phytochemicals
Cholesterol
Unsaturated fatty acid
44. A fatty acid with an odd molecule shape that forms when oils are partially hydrogenated
Trans-fatty acid
Electrolytes
Complex carbohydrates
Unsaturated fatty acid
45. The range of heartbeats per minute at which the heart muscle receives the best workout; 60 to 90 percent of maximum heart rate
Carbohydrate loading
Aerobic activity
Cholesterol
Target heart rate
46. Being able to control the muscles and stay upright as one moves his body
Emotional health
Dental caries
Coordination
Atherosclerosis
47. A protein that is missing one or more of the essential amino acids
Incomplete protein
Cholesterol
Irradiation
Endurance
48. Hardened and narrowed arteries caused by plaque deposits
Fad diets
Cardio respiratory endurance
Atherosclerosis
Food additive
49. The overall condition of a person's emotions
Sugars
Physical health
Emotional health
Food drug interaction
50. Starches; carbohydrates made of many sugars attached together
Diuretic
Food drug interaction
Hypoglycemia
Complex carbohydrates