Nfs284 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

NFS284 Test 1 ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers Human nutrition - CORRECT ANSWER- The study of interactions between human health and food Canadian Healthy Eating Index (CHEI) - CORRECT ANSWER- Measures adherence to Canada's food guide, get points for following and lose points for not, perfect score=100, worst scores in adolescence, gets better with age, best in childhood when food is mainly under parental control

NFS284 Test 1 UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers Human nutrition - CORRECT ANSWER- The study of interactions between human health and food Canadian Healthy Eating Index (CHEI) - CORRECT ANSWER- Measures adherence to Canada's food guide, get points for following and lose points for not, perfect score=100, worst scores in adolescence, gets better with age, best in childhood when food is mainly under parental control

NFS284 Final Exam UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers Accretion - CORRECT ANSWER- uptake and accumulation of calcium from the diet Relation b/w estrogen and bones - CORRECT ANSWER- estrogen stimulates osteoblast acitivy osteoblast - CORRECT ANSWER- bone-forming ce

NFS284 Term Test 2 UPDATED Questions and CORRECT Answers True or False: Carbohydrates in whole grains and milk are in their natural state - CORRECT ANSWER- Not necessarily (Dairy is pasteurized, hull is removed from rice) True or False: Refining carbs like in white flour removes the vitamins and fiber? - CORRECT ANSWER- Not necessarily (Grinding up wheat to flour doesn't remove anything)

NFS284 Final Exam UPDATED Questions and CORRECT Answers BMI for underweight? BMI for normal? BMI for overweight? BMI for obese? - CORRECT ANSWER- <18.5 (underweight) 18.5 - 24.9 (normal) 24.9 - 29.9 (overweight) >30.0 (obese)

NFS284 - Term Test 1UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers 4 categories of the CFG - CORRECT ANSWER- grains, milk and alternatives, vegetables and fruit, meat and alternatives vitamin C - CORRECT ANSWER- an organic compound that prevents the development of scurvy macronutrients - CORRECT ANSWER- carbohydrates, proteins, and fats - required in very large amounts

NFS284 Final Exam ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers BMI - CORRECT ANSWER- measure of healthy body weight that looks at weight and height normal BMI - CORRECT ANSWER- 20-25 high BMI - CORRECT ANSWER- 25+, about 60% of Canadians are overweight or obese

NFS284 Lecture 1: food for healthCCHS - correct answer Canadian Community Health Survey: survey of health information including food intake CHEI - correct answer Canadian Healthy Eating Index: measures adherence to 2007 CFG CHEI Scores - correct answer 100 = perfect score scores less than 50 are considered poor essential nutrients - correct answer essential to human life cannot be synthesized by the body in sufficient quantities adequacy - correct answer enough of a nutrient to m...