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| 5924439655 | Nutrition | the study of foods, their nutrients and other chemical compounds, their actions and interactions in the body, and their influence on health and disease | 0 | |
| 5924439656 | health fraud | conscious deceit practiced for profit, such as the promotion of a false or an unproven product or therapy | 1 | |
| 5924439657 | quackery | a quack is a person who practices health fraud | 2 | |
| 5924439658 | nutrients | substances obtained from food and used in the body to promote growth, maintenance and repair | 3 | |
| 5924439659 | What are the 6 nutrients | carbohydrates fats proteins water vitamins minerals | 4 | |
| 5924439660 | essential nutrient | a nutrient that must be obtained from food because the body cannot make it for itself | 5 | |
| 5924439661 | energy | the capacity to do work | 6 | |
| 5924439662 | calorie | unit used to measure energy | 7 | |
| 5924439663 | vitamins | organic, or cabon-containing essential nutrients that are vital to life but needed in only relatively minute amounts | 8 | |
| 5924439664 | minerals | inorganic compounds, some of which are essential nutrients | 9 | |
| 5924439665 | metabolism | collective term for all of the chemical and physical reactions occurring in living cells, including the reactions by which the body obtains and uses energy from foods | 10 | |
| 5924439666 | water | provides the medium for life processes | 11 | |
| 5924439667 | malnutrition | any condition caused by an excess, deficiency, or imbalance of calories or nutrients | 12 | |
| 5924439668 | overnutrition | calorie or nutrient over-consumption severe enough to cause disease or increased risk of disease; a form of malnutrition | 13 | |
| 5924439669 | degenerative disease | chronic disease characterized by deterioration of body organs as a result of misuse and neglect | 14 | |
| 5924439670 | health promotion | helping people achieve their maximum potential for good health | 15 | |
| 5924439671 | Healthy People 2020 | a national health promotion and disease prevention agenda for the next 10 years | 16 | |
| 5924439672 | hunger | the physiological need for food | 17 | |
| 5924439673 | appetite | the psychological desire to eat, which is often but not always accompanied by hunger | 18 | |
| 5924439674 | undernutrition | severe under-consumption of calories or nutrients, leading to disease or increased susceptibility to disease, a form of malnutrition | 19 | |
| 5924439675 | social group | a group of people, such as a family, who depend on one another and share a set of norms, beliefs, values, and behaviors | 20 | |
| 5924439676 | culture | knowledge, beliefs, customs, laws, morals, art and literature acquired by members of a society and passed along to succeeding generations | 21 | |
| 5924439677 | ethnic cuisine | the traditional foods eaten by the people of a particular culture | 22 | |
| 5924439678 | accreditation | approval | 23 | |
| 5924439679 | control group | a group of individuals with characteristics that match those of the group being treated in an intervention study but who receive a sham treatment or no treatment at all | 24 | |
| 5924439680 | correlation | a simultaneous change in two factors | 25 | |
| 5924439681 | correspondence school | a school from which courses can be taken and degrees granted by mail (or online) | 26 | |
| 5924439682 | DTR Dietetic technician, registered | nutrition professionals who work as a part of health care and food service management teams | 27 | |
| 5924439683 | epidemiological study | a study of a population that searches for possible correlations between nutrition factors and health patterns over time | 28 | |
| 5924439684 | first amendment | freedom of the press | 29 | |
| 5924439685 | intervention study | a population study examining the effects of a treatment on experimental subjects compared to a control group | 30 | |
| 5924439686 | nutrtitionist | a person who claims to be capable of advising people about their diets. Some are registered dietitians | 31 | |
| 5924439687 | placebo | a sham or neutral treatment given to a control group. An inert or harmless treatment that the groups members cannot recognize as different from the real thing | 32 | |
| 5924439688 | RD registered dietitian | a professional who has graduated from a program of dietetics accredited by the CADE of the ADA, has completed an internship program or the equivalent to gain practical skills, has passed a registration exam and maintains competencies | 33 | |
| 5924439689 | 1 gram of carbohydrates = ? calories | 4 | 34 | |
| 5924439690 | 1 gram of proteins = ? calories | 4 | 35 | |
| 5924439691 | 1 gram of fats = ? calories | 9 | 36 | |
| 5924439692 | 1 gram of alcohol = ? calories | 7 | 37 | |
| 5924439693 | name 3 energy yielding nutrients | carbs fats proteins | 38 | |
| 5924439694 | what regulates the release of energy and other aspects of metabolism | vitamins and minerals | 39 | |
| 5924439695 | types of vitamins (2) | water soluble and fat soluble ( 13 total) | 40 | |
| 5924439696 | Fat soluble vitamins are | vitamin A, D, E, K | 41 | |
| 5924439697 | water soluble vitamins are | Vitamin C B vitamins (thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, B6, B12, folate, biotin, pantothenic acid) | 42 | |
| 5924439698 | types of minerals (2) | trace minerals and major minerals | 43 | |
| 5924439699 | major minerals | calcium, chloride, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, sulfur | 44 | |
| 5924439700 | trace minerals | chromium, copper, fluoride, iodine, iron, zinc, manganese, molybdenum, selenium | 45 | |
| 5924439701 | how much of the body's weight is from water | about 60% | 46 | |
| 5924439702 | leading causes of death all linked to diet (5) | heart disease stroke cancer diabetes hypertension | 47 | |
| 5924439703 | factors affecting food choices | availability income, food prices, convenience advertising and media social and cultural factors personal values or beliefs other: tastes, needs, cravings | 48 | |
| 5924439704 | Dietary recommendation of fat | 20 to 35% total calories, but mostly from oils | 49 | |
| 5924439705 | Dietary recommendation of saturated fat | less that 10% total calories | 50 | |
| 5924439706 | Dietary recommendation of cholestrol | less than 300 mg | 51 | |
| 5924439707 | Dietary recommendation of sugar | less than 10% total calories | 52 |
