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WGU NUTRITION- FATS EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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WGU NUTRITION- FATS EXAM REVIEWQUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
A tablespoon of which food has the greatest amount of trans fat? - Answer-Margarine
What foods are high in saturated fat? - Answer-Butter, steak (red meat)
What organ produces bile? - Answer-The liver
What is the chemical group name for fats? - Answer-Glycerides
What is the lipid substance produced by the liver that is a key building block of cell
membranes? - Answer-Lecithin
What substance is considered an emulsifier? - Answer-Bile salts
What component helps split large fat globules into smaller particles? - Answer-
Emulsifier
What substance surrounds monoglycerides and fatty acids in the lumen of the intestine
allowing them to travel to the villi for absorption? - Answer-Bile salts
What is a role of lineic acid and alpha linolenic acid in the body? - Answer-Maintain skin
integrity, support immune function, aggregate blood platelets
For which purpose are lipids stored in the body as adipose tissue? - Answer-Regulates
body temperature, store energy, support vital organs
What do dietary lipids do? - Answer-Provide energy and supply essential fatty acids
Which statement is true about essential fatty acids? - Answer-They are fatty acids that
must be obtained by dietary sources because the body cannot synthesize them
Which essential fatty acid must be obtained from food because the body cannot make
sufficient amounts? - Answer-Linoleic, alpha-linolenic
What kinds of fats are required to be included in food labeling? - Answer-Total fat,
saturated fat, trans fat, cholesterol
What are some benefits of fats? - Answer-Fuel source for cellular energy, support vital
organs, regulation of body temp, form fatty center of cell membranes forming the
selectively permeable lipid bilayer
What is the lipid substance produced by the liver that is a key building block of cell
membranes? - Answer-Lecithin
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