Human Nutrition: Questions and Answers
Question 1
1 out of 1 points A diet provides a total of 2200 kcalories, of which 40% of the energy is from fat and 20% from protein. How many grams of carbohydrate are contained in the diet?
Answer
Selected Answer: 220
Question 2
1 out of 1 points Why is there little or no digestion of starch in the stomach?
Answer
Selected Answer: salivary enzymes do not work in an acid environment
Question 3
1 out of 1 points What structure controls the release of material from the stomach to the small intestine?
Answer
Selected Answer: pyloric sphincter
Question 4
1 out of 1 points A food label ingredient list reads in the following order: Wheat flour, vegetable shortening, sugar, salt, and cornstarch. What item would be found in the smallest amount in the food?
Answer
Selected Answer: Cornstarch
Question 5
0 out of 1 points Approximately what percentage of US consumers eat home-cooked meals at least 3 times per week?
Answer
Selected Answers: 40 Question 6
1 out of 1 points What types of enzymes are responsible for hydrolyzing the proteins in foods?
Answer
Selected Answer: proteases
Question 7
1 out of 1 points What is the term that defines foods that contain nonnutrient substances whose known action in the body is to promote well-being to a greater extent than that contributed by the food’s nutrients?
Answer
Selected Answer: Functional food
Question 8
1 out of 1 points Which of the following is not among the features of a chronic disease?
Answer
Selected Answer: c.
It produces sharp pains
Question 9
1 out of 1 points A child who developed a strong dislike of noodle soup after consuming some when she was sick with flu is an example of a food-related
Answer
Selected Answers: c. negative association.
Question 10
0 out of 1 points Which of the following is NOT a feature of daily sodium intake guidelines?
Answer
Selected Answer: The intake for
1 out of 1 points A diet provides a total of 2200 kcalories, of which 40% of the energy is from fat and 20% from protein. How many grams of carbohydrate are contained in the diet?
Answer
Selected Answer: 220
Question 2
1 out of 1 points Why is there little or no digestion of starch in the stomach?
Answer
Selected Answer: salivary enzymes do not work in an acid environment
Question 3
1 out of 1 points What structure controls the release of material from the stomach to the small intestine?
Answer
Selected Answer: pyloric sphincter
Question 4
1 out of 1 points A food label ingredient list reads in the following order: Wheat flour, vegetable shortening, sugar, salt, and cornstarch. What item would be found in the smallest amount in the food?
Answer
Selected Answer: Cornstarch
Question 5
0 out of 1 points Approximately what percentage of US consumers eat home-cooked meals at least 3 times per week?
Answer
Selected Answers: 40 Question 6
1 out of 1 points What types of enzymes are responsible for hydrolyzing the proteins in foods?
Answer
Selected Answer: proteases
Question 7
1 out of 1 points What is the term that defines foods that contain nonnutrient substances whose known action in the body is to promote well-being to a greater extent than that contributed by the food’s nutrients?
Answer
Selected Answer: Functional food
Question 8
1 out of 1 points Which of the following is not among the features of a chronic disease?
Answer
Selected Answer: c.
It produces sharp pains
Question 9
1 out of 1 points A child who developed a strong dislike of noodle soup after consuming some when she was sick with flu is an example of a food-related
Answer
Selected Answers: c. negative association.
Question 10
0 out of 1 points Which of the following is NOT a feature of daily sodium intake guidelines?
Answer
Selected Answer: The intake for