WCU Nutrition Week 2 Quiz Practice

What are the three key principles of a healthy diet?

Balance, Variety, and Moderation

What should you avoid when trying to eat healthy?

Undernutrition, overnutrition, and malnourishment

What is undernutrition?

Not meeting nutrient needs

What is overnutrition?

Excessive nutrients or calories in diet

What does it mean to be malnourished?

Long term outcome of consuming a diet that doesn’t meet nutrient needs

What is a dietary reference intake?

A set of scientifically developed reference values for nutrients

What are the tools that can help with your diet?

Dietary reference intakes, dietary guidelines for Americans, MyPlate, and Nutrition facts panel on food labels

What is the estimated energy requirement (EER)?

The amount of daily energy needed to maintain a healthy bodyweight and meet energy needs. Takes into account age, gender, height, weight, and activity level.

What is the acceptable macronutrient distribution range (AMDR?

The recommended range of intake for energy-containing nutrients

What is the AMDR for carbohydrates?

45-65 percent of daily caloric intake

What is the AMDR for fat?

20-35 percent of daily caloric intake

What is the AMDR for protein?

10-35 percent of daily caloric intake

What are the principles in the Dietary guidelines for Americans?

Follow a healthy dietary pattern, customize nutrient dense food choices, focus on meeting food group needs, limit foods+drinks with high sugar, saturated fat, and sodium

What is MyPlate and what are the categories on it?

MyPlate promotes meal planning, healthy choices, and variety.Fruits, Grains, Vegetables, Protein, Dairy

What are the required components of a food label?

Serving sizes, how food fits into daily diet, descriptive label terms, accurate health claims, and presence of common allergens.

What are functional foods?

Foods that have a positive effect on health beyond basic nutrients

What are phytochemicals?

beta-carotene that protects us from substances that increase risk of chronic disease

What are zoo chemicals?

Compounds in animal food products that benefit health