Foodways - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What race or ethnic group is the fastest growing? - Answer Asians Definition of food - Answer Any substance that provides the nutrients necessary to maintain life and growth when ingested. What feed, and what eat? - Answer Animals feed Humans eat, not feed Humans do what? - Answer Gather and hunt Cultivate plants Raise livestock Cook Share food Use utensils Have manners Definition of food culture or foodways? - Answer The ways in which humans use food How fo...

Biculturation - Answer A new culture seen as a complement to the original culture of origin tossed salad - Answer political theory where people retain "old world" culture and "new world" identity simultaneously Melting Pot - Answer the mixing of cultures, ideas, and peoples that has changed the American nation. The United States, with its history of immigration, has often been called a melting pot. Culture - Answer Beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of ...

core foods - Answer Staples in the daily diet (complex carbohydrates) secondary foods - Answer Foods widely consumed but not on a daily basis Vary with availability Complementary foods - Answer Combinations of two incomplete foods; complementary proteins eaten together provide all the essential amino acids and make a complete protein. Biculturalism - Answer dual pattern of identification and often of divided loyalty Assimilation - Answer the social process of absorbi...

Nutrition 331 Midterm 1, Quiz, Updated Questions and Answers 100% A+ Graded Pass Applied Science - CORRECT ANS-draws on many disciplines of science (biochemistry, physiology, anatomy, genetics, anthropology, psychology, sociology, religion, microbiology, agriculture, geography, and business) Essential Nutrients - CORRECT ANS-must be provided directly by foods Nutrition - CORRECT ANS-multi-disciplinary study of processes by which nutrients are handled in body (how food nourished the bod...

Food Habits (Food Culture/Foodways) - Answer The ways in which humans use food, including everything from how it is selected, obtained, and distributed to who prepares it, serves it, and eats it. Omnivore's Paradox - Answer The human dilemma in which one must be flexible enough to eat a variety of essential items, yet cautious enough to not randomly ingest harmful foods; attraction to new foods, but prefer familiar foods. Incorporation - Answer A psychological concept of eating a...

What techniques do archaeologists use to study past diet and foodways? correct answers Botanical remains, faunal analysis, coprolites, human remains, tools or vessels, artifact analysis Botanical Remains correct answers -Macro: stems, seeds, and leaf parts -Micro: pollen, phytolith (leaf skeleton, silcas -Flotation: separate soil from plant remains Faunal Analysis correct answers identification and interpretation of animal remains (bones) from an archaeological site Coprolites correct...

NURS100 Final Exam Questions With Answers Nutrition - ANSWER- study of nutrients and other biologically active compounds in food and in the body Diet - ANSWER- the foods and beverages a person eats and drinks Undernutiriton - ANSWER- nutrient or energy deficiencies Overnutrition - ANSWER- nutrient or energy excesses Factors Impacting Health - ANSWER- tabacco, alcohol, substance, physical activity, sleep, stress, conditions Calorie - ANSWER- units by which energy is measured 10...

Unit 1 Overview of Nutrition Applied Science draws on many disciplines of science (biochemistry, physiology, anatomy, genetics, anthropology, psychology, sociology, religion, microbiology, agriculture, geography, and business) Essential Nutrients must be provided directly by foods Nutrition multi-disciplinary study of processes by which nutrients are handled in body (how food nourished the body) -study of human behaviour related to food 6 major classes of nutrient...

Social scientists usually list three major functions filled by today's families such as 1) ______________ _______________ responsibly 2) providing _______________ and other practical _____________ 3) offering ________________ security. correct answers raising children, economic, support, emotional What are the three types of family structure? correct answers Extended Nuclear Postmodern In industrial or modern societies, the typical family structure often became the _____________ family ...

What is ethnicity? - Differences between groups of people based on cultural customs such as language, religion, foodways, music, family, patterns and other characteristics. What is race? - The major biological divisions of mankind as distinguished by color of skin, color and texture of hair, bodily proportions, and other physical features. What is disparity? and give an example - It roughly means a 'difference' that does not necessarily involve discrimination. (When you make $100,000 and ...