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| Study of food and how we consume, digest, metabolize, and store nutrients, and how it affects our body. |
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| What are Chronic diseases |
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| They come on slowly and persist for years |
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| A lifelong process that involves, physical, emotional, occupational, and spiritual health. |
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| What are two aspects of Physical health? |
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1. Nutrition
2. Physical activity |
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| What are the three main things linked to poor nutrition? |
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1. Heart disease
2. Stroke
3. Diabetes |
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| What are two goals of a healthful diet? |
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1. Prevent nutrition deficiencies
2. Lower risk of Chronic diseases |
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Wha are the six groups of nutrients?
Which ones are inorganic? Why? |
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1. Carbs
2. Fats
3. Proteins
4. Vitamins
5. Minerals
6. Water
Minerals and Water, do not have all 3 organic requirements |
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Term
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| Used in energy metabolism, does not give off energy though |
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| What are two types of vitamins? |
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| Water-soluble, fat-soluble |
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Dietary Reference Intakes
used to regulate nutrients |
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Estimated Average requirements
-average intake of half the healthy people for an age group and gender |
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Recommended Dietary Allowance
-intake of 97-98% of healthy people.
Not used with EAR |
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Adequate Intakes
-used when RDA cannot be found.
-based off experiments |
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Tolerable Upper Intake Levels
Max amount of nutrients you can take in without adverse health effects |
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| What are EER's and AMDR's? |
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Estimated Energy Requirements
Acceptable Macronutrients Distribution Range |
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| What are the two types of studies conducted on humans? |
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1. Epidemiology studies
2. Clinical trials |
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