chapter 2 quiz - Basic Nutrition

proportionality refers to ______.

MyPlate visually represents the main food groups, which are _____.

- fruits, vegetables, grains, and proteins

-fruits, starches, vegetables, proteins, and dairy

-fruits, vegetables, starches, and proteins

-fruits, grains, vegetables, proteins, and dairy

fruits, grains, vegetables, proteins, and dairy

the first step in creating your personalized MyPlate based meal plan is to ____.

-determine your daily calorie requirement

-understand food portion sizes

-identify your favorite foods

-make a grocery list

-determine your daily calorie requirement

a diet that is consistently unbalanced and lacks variety, nutrients, and/or calories is most likely to result in _____.

-undernutrition

-obesity

-DRI’s being met

-overnutrition

undernutrition

the main tools the U.S. government provides that can help plan a healthy diet are _____.

-Dietary Guidelines for Americans, EAR, nutrition claims, and functional foods

-Dietary Guidelines for Americans, DRI’s, MyPlate, and the Nutrition Facts Panel

-DRI’s, MyPlate, functional foods, and the Nutritional Facts Panel

-Dietary Guidelines for Americans, DRI’s, USDA, and functional foods

Dietary Guidelines for Americans, DRI’s, MyPlate, and the Nutrition Facts Panel

the highest amount of nutrient unlikely to cause harm when eaten daily is called ____.

-Recommended Dietary Allowance(RDA)

-the Adequate Intake(AI)

-Estimated Average Requirements(EAR)

-Tolerable Upper Intake Level(UL)

Tolerable Upper Intake Level(UL)

the ingredients are listed on a food label in _____.

-descending order by volume

-ascending order by weight

-descending order by weight

-ascending order by volume

descending order by weight

accurate labeling of packaged foods is regulated by the ______.

-RDA

-FDA

-DNA

-USDA

FDA

daily values are based on a ______-calorie diet.

-1,500

-1,800

-2,000

-2,400

2,000

the main goal of the current Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020-2025, two and older, emphasizes ______.

-scientific research

-promoting health while preventing chronic diet-related diseases

-milk consumption

-prolonging life

promoting health while preventing chronic diet-related diseases

the USDA Web-based food guidance system that provides personalized diet plans based on the latest nutrition and health recommendations is ____.

-MyPlate

-DRI’s

-Dietary Guidelines for Americans

-the Nutrition Facts panel

MyPlate