Overview Nutrition Sherpath Questions with 100% Correct Answers
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Overview Nutrition Sherpath Questions with 100% Correct Answers
Which description best defines nutrition?
Nutrition is the body's intake and use of adequate amounts of necessary nutrients for tissue growth and energy production.
What does nutritional balance impact?
-Development of the body...
Overview Nutrition Sherpath Questions with 100%
Correct Answers
Which description best defines nutrition?
Nutrition is the body's intake and use of adequate amounts of necessary nutrients for tissue growth
and energy production.
What does nutritional balance impact?
-Development of the body.
-Maintenance of the body.
-Growth of the body.
Which statement is true regarding Healthy People 2020?
-It is a valuable resource for good nutrition because it focuses on promoting healthy lifestyles.
-It focuses on decreasing the health variances across all cultures, races, and ethnic and socioeconomic
groups.
-It is published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
A patient's basal metabolic rate (BMR) varies depending on what?
Physical and genetic makeup.
The process of chemically changing nutrients, such as fats and proteins, into end products that are
used to meet the energy needs of the body or stored for future use best defines what term?
Metabolism.
What is defined as the breaking down of substances from complex to simple, resulting in a release of
energy?
Catabolism.
How much of an adult's caloric intake should come from carbohydrates?
50%.
How many grams of fiber are recommended for older children, adolescents, and adults?
25-30 grams of fiber.
Why must proteins be consumed in food every day?
The human body does not produce or store excess amino acids for later use?
Where is bile stored?
Bile is stored in the GALLBLADDER.
Which absorbs sodium, potassium, and water, and houses useful bacteria?
Large intestine.
During digestion, what happens in the stomach?
-Stomach acid kills microorganisms.
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