What is Nutrition?

ANSW - The basic component of health, essential for normal growth and development,

tissue maintenance and repair, cellular metabolism and organ function.

What is a Calorie?

1 gram protein =

1 gram carbohydrate =

1 gram far =

ANSW - Unit of measure for energy in food

4 Calories

4 Calories

9 Calories

Calculate ideal body weight for individual over 5 feet

ANSW - Men: 106 + 6 lb for every inch over 60 in

Women: 100 + 5 lb for every inch over 60 in

Factors that affect energy requirements

ANSW - age, body mass, gender, fever, starvation, smoking, menstruation, illness,

infection, activity level, thyroid function

Essential nutrient

ANSW - Needed for growth or maintenance but unable to be manufactured by the body

Non-essential nutrient

ANSW - Not needed in diet because the body can make them

What are the six essential nutrients?

ANSW - Carbohydrates, fat, protein, vitamins, minerals, water

Malnutrition

ANSW - Lack of sufficient nutrients in the body.

Under-nutrition

ANSW - Nutritional deficiency resulting from lack of food or from the inability of the body

to convert or absorb it.

Over-nutrition

ANSW - the excessive intake of food, especially in unbalanced proportions.