Energy Nutrients

The energy nutrients are/is______.

• Fats

• Carbohydrates

• Protein

• All of the above

Protein is the main source of energy for the human body.

• True

• False

Calories are the units used to measure the energy value in foods.

• True

• False

Failure of get enough of needed nutrients may result in which of the following?

• Deficiency disease

• Low Energy

• Diabetes

• None of the above

Nutrition is the study of how the body uses the nutrients in the food that are eaten.

• True

• False

A nutrient is which of the following:

• A unit of energy

• Chemical substances from food the body needs to live.

• A form of sugar

• The body's main souce of energy

The body's main source of energy comes from which nutrient?

• Carbohydrate

• Fat

• Protein

• Water

There are ____ essential nutrients that the body needs to function properly. These nutrients are only obtained from the foods we eat.

• 5

• 3

• 6

• 10

The food a child eats can affect his or her health as an adult?

• True

• False

A deficiency of vitamin C is know as _____.

• Beriberi

• Scurvy

• Goiter

• Anemia