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NUTRITION 121 FINAL EXAM
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How much of a healthy adult is composed of fluids? ✔✔ 50 - 70%
What are electrolytes? ✔✔Mineral salts dissolved in Water
Fluids help maintain your body temp ✔✔This is True
Why do fluids help maintain your body temp? ✔✔Water has a high heat capacity- the temp of the body fluid remains stable. While sweating releases heat
What is another function of fluid in the body? ✔✔Protects and lubricates body tissues
What are the functions of water? ✔✔Essential for life and required for fluid and electrolyte balance and many metabolic reactions.
What is collagen? ✔✔Fibrous protein found in bone tissue
what are the three processes of bone development? ✔✔Bone growth, bone remolding and bone remolding throughout your life
What hormone is released when calcium levels are low? ✔✔Parathyroid hormone PTH
What are the sources of Calcium? ✔✔Green leafy Vegetables and Dairy Products
What is hypoglycemia caused by? ✔✔Kidney Disease or Vitamin D deficiency
What do neural tube defects relate to? ✔✔inadequate intake of folate
What are teratogens? ✔✔Substances that cause birth defects (Alcohol, drugs and mercury)
What thing can a low birth weight baby experience due to an under nourished mother? ✔✔Increased risk of infections, learning disabilities, impaired physical development or death in the first year
Vitamin K is a water soluble vitamin- ✔✔FALSE
Symptoms of Iron Toxicity? ✔✔Nausea, Vomiting, Diarrhea, dizziness, confusion and delayed treatment can cause sever damage to the heart, central nervous system, liver, and kidneys
What is the common cause of nutrient Toxicity? ✔✔Supplements
What are the components of fitness? ✔✔Respiratory fitness, musculo skeleton fitness, and flexibility body composition
What does the FIT principle stand for? ✔✔Frequency intensity and time of activity
What is ATP? ✔✔Energy- Adenosine triphosphate
What is the difference between anaerobic and aerobic exercise? ✔✔Anaerobic is without oxygen and on produces 2 ATP. Aerobic is with OXYGEN
What is anorexia? ✔✔A serious potentially deadly medical disorder characterized by self- starvation
What is food born illness? ✔✔An illness transferred from food or water
What are the most common food contaminated bacteria? ✔✔Salmonella, and E. Coli, also C. Jujuni
What temp should pork be cooked to? ✔✔160 degrees
What does organic mean? ✔✔Food grown without the use of synthetic pesticides
What are some causes of under nutrition? ✔✔Natural diaster, overpopulation, and poor farming
What is glycogen? ✔✔Storage form of Glucose
What percentage of you daily Cal intake should be from carbs? ✔✔45-65%
Scurvy is deficiency disease for what vitamin? ✔✔Vitamin C! The answer to this question is Vitamin C. Holy mother of god. Scurvy is a VITAMIN C deficiency!!!!!!!!
What are some factors that increase risk for cancer? ✔✔Smoking, weight, diet, and to much sun.
How do you calculate BMI? ✔✔Weight/ Height
What is the set point theory? ✔✔Each persons weight stays the same within a small range (Their Set Point)
What is leptin? ✔✔A hormone produced by fat cells that causes reduced food intake, reduced weight and decreased body fat in mice
How many calories per day must you cut out to lose 1 lb a week? ✔✔500 kcal perday or 3300 per week
What are some chronic diseases directly linked to obesity? ✔✔Stroke, Diabetes, heart disease, and gallbladder disease
