Hlth 340 exam - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Among the Gorani, ethnozymology enhances food security but is not integral to food sovereignty (T/F)? - False All of the following are advantages of fermentation EXCEPT Enriches food with vitamins and amino acids Improves shelf-life and decreases spoilage Reduces cooking time Improves food digestibility Decreases the sodium content of the food - Decreases the sodium content of the food In order to protect the few citrus trees on the island of Pantelleria from the strong salty wind and he...

Environmental Toxicology - Ties into public health, toxicology, and risks. Studies harmful affects of chemical, bio, physical agents on living organisms in the ecosystem. Father of toxicology - Mathieu Orfila Toxicology - study of poisons, looks into harmful affects of agents, drugs, contaminants but also prevention, analysis, identification and treatment of these Who coined the "dose response relationship" & the dose makes the poison - Paracelsus Toxicant - man made or natural substance...

What cranial nerve is involved in the perception of bitter taste? - trigeminal nerve What are examples of astringent compounds? - tannins and saponins Why does our body have a natural reaction to spit out bitter foods? - bitterness is associated with poison, this is a natural reaction to avoid poison Do traditional peoples avoid astringent, bitter, and sour wild foods? - No, because they recognize that they can be good for general health (functional foods) What is pica behavior - Pica is c...

What is food insecurity? - Lack of consistent access to enough food for an active healthy life Hunger is characterized in many ways, and encompasses the following - -Individual sensations and household behavioral responses -Food scarcity (actual or feared) -National food balance sheets that focus on supply of energy (kilocalorie) in any country in relation to a minimum threshold of need Obesity is conventionally associated with food excess, but it is also associated with micronutrient def...

Allelochemical - a chemical produced by a plant that exerts a detrimental physiology effect on other species pica behavior - craving to eat substances other than normal food (especially during childhood or pregnancy) antioxidant - a substance that inhibits oxidation of cells by removing potentially damaging agents (free radicals) in an organism astringent - causes contraction of skin cells or body tissues, bitter or acidic foods are astringent because they contract the taste buds taste b...

EMORY UNIVERSITY HLTH 340 FINAL EXAM 2024/2025 ____ exists when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life - Precise Answer Food Security ____ is the right of people to healthy and culturally appropriate food produced through ecologically sound and sustainable methods, and their right to define their own food and agriculture systems. - Precise Answe...

During WW1 and prior to advent of antibiotics, more people died of infectious disease than battle wounds. True or False? - True Which of the following has had the biggest impact on reducing the use of antibiotics in the poultry industry? a) consumer pressure b) government regulation c) inefficiency of antibiotic drugs d) concern for animal welfare - A) consumer pressure

descriptive epidemiology - - classifies the occurrence of disease according to the variables of person, place, and time. - characterizes the burden and distribution of disease(S) in population Burden of diseases in descriptive epidemiology - - morbidity - mortality What are the aims of descriptive epidemiology? - - Permit evaluation of trends in health and disease - Useful for planning, implementing and evaluating public health service - Used to formulate hypotheses to determine causes o...

Food festivities may follow certain seasons (i.e monsoon season in India) or may be tied with harvest of particular plants (i.e. fruit festivals throughout the US). (T/F) - True Foods do not play an important role in the human life cycle. (T/F) - False Particular foods are linked to several stages of the human life cycle. For most of the world's peoples, plant foods play a more important role in ritual/celebration than meat foods. (T/F) - False

Taste and smell of foods helps us to perceive and avoid toxic foods - True Bacterial gut floura may help in metabolizing toxins prior to absorption across intestinal walls - True The difference between poison and medicine is dose and intent - True ____are the most ubiquitous plant allelochemicals and are a constituent of most plant food stuffs - Flavanoids