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Unit 7: Nutrition Review Packet

Answer each question using your notes packet and book.

1.  What influences what we eat and drink?

2.  A protein that contains all of the essential amino acids is ______.

3.  List examples of a complex carbohydrate:

4.  The part of grains and plant foods that cannot be digested is known as ______.

5.  No more than ______% of total calories in your diet should come from fat.

6.  The least healthy fat is ______.

7.  What is the difference between fat soluble and water soluble vitamins? List some examples of both.

8.  No more than ______% of total calories in your diet should come from saturated fats.

9.  What does potassium do to the body, and what are some examples of food in which it can be found?

10. What is a trace mineral? Macro mineral? List some examples of each.

11. The two types of fat that circulate in the blood are called ______and ______.

12. What are the 6 nutrients? What does each nutrient do for the body? List some examples of foods from each nutrient group.

13. ______is the type of fat that raises low density lipoproteins in a person’s blood stream.

14. The number of servings recommended for you by the Food Guide Pyramid depends on what factors?

15. What is anorexia nervosa?

16. What is bulimia?

17. List the dietary guidelines:

18. A food label is required by law to include:

19. Obesity is described as ______% more than desirable body weight.

20. What are some dietary tips that could reduce the risk of cancer?

21. ______protect cells from being damaged by oxidation.

22. ______is the rate at which food is converted into energy in body cells.

23. How many calories of energy do fats, proteins, and carbohydrates supply?

24. What is the least healthy way to prepare food? ______

25. In a period of 5 days, if a person burns 4,200 calories a day, and in the same period the person consumes 2,000 calories a day, how will it affect their body weight? How many pounds will they gain or lose?

26. One pound of body fat is equal to : ______.

27. What is the different when comparing the old food guide pyramid to the new one?

28. What guidelines does a food need to reach in order to be labeled “low-fat”?

29. What is a calorie?

30. What is cholesterol?

31. What does sodium do for our body?

32. The number of calories the body uses at rest is ______(NOT a number).

Unit 7: Nutrition Review Packet 1