Nutrition review

Nutrition plays a large role in determining strength, skeletal and muscular development, physical agility, resistance to disease, and mental ability.

• True

• False

Most absorption occurs in the stomach.

• True

• False

How many glasses of water should the average person drink each day?

• 2-4

• 4-6

• 6-8

• 8-10

Obesity increases the risk of developing ____.

• hypertension

• sleep apnea

• diabetes mellitus

• all of the above

The process in which blood or lymph capillaries pick up digested nutrients is ____.

• metabolism

• mechanical digestion

• chemical digestion

• absorption

The therapeutic diet that is also called a carbohydrate-controlled diet is ____.

• diabetic

• calorie-controlled

• low-cholesterol

• low-protein

Carbohydrates are the major source of readily usable human energy.

• True

• false