Chapter 9: Nutrition Review

Diet is defined as:

• an individual's usual pattern of food choices.

• eating healthy

• losing weight

• poor food choices that result in obesity

Answer explanation

Diet, according to our textbook, is defined as a pattern of food choices that an individual makes.

We talked about _ classes of nutrients (I'm looking for a number)

Answer explanation

In class on 10/17, we talked about 6 classes of nutrients:

1. Carbohydrates

2. Lipids

3. Proteins

4. Vitamins

5. Minerals

6. Water

The process of breaking down large food molecules into smaller food molecules is known as:

• Absorption

• Digestion

• Stomach Acid Reaction

• Metabolism

A calorie is defined as

• How bad something is to eat

• How much weight you will gain eating something

• a chemical reaction within the body

• A unit of Energy

The chemical reactions that take place within the body can be defined as

• metabolism

• nutrition

• absorption

• digestion

Protein is made up of ___ total amino acids

Answer explanation

Proteins are made u of two classes of amino acids: 11 essential and 9 non-essentials.

11 amino acids are supplied and sustained by the body and the other 9 must be supplied by what?

• your blood

• your diet

• your exercise

• your environment