COPY: Nutrients

Which of the following is the definition of nutrients?

What is the unit used to measure food energy?

How is one calorie defined?

What determines the amount of energy a food provides?

What are Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI)?

True or false: Nutrients are chemical substances obtained from food and used in the body to provide energy, structural materials, and regulating agents to support growth, maintenance, and repair of the body's tissues?

True or false: Calories are units by which energy is measured and food energy is measured in kilocalories (1000 calories equal 1 kilocalorie)?

True or false: One calorie is the amount of heat necessary to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram (kg) of water 1°C?

True or false: The amount of energy a food provides depends on how much carbohydrate, fat, and protein it contains?

True or false: Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI) are a set of nutrient intake values for healthy people in the United States and Canada?

Which of the following is the average daily intake of a nutrient that will meet the requirement of nearly all healthy people of a given age and gender?

What is the highest amount of a nutrient that can be safely consumed with no risk of toxicity or adverse effects on health?

What is the average daily intake of a nutrient that will meet the requirement of half of the healthy people of a given age and gender?

What is the average daily amount of a nutrient that appears sufficient to maintain a specified criterion?

What is any condition caused by excess or deficient food energy or nutrient intake or by an imbalance of nutrients?

Adequate Intake (AI) is the average daily amount of a nutrient that appears sufficient to maintain a specified criterion.

Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) is the average daily intake of a nutrient that will meet the requirement of nearly all healthy people of a given age and gender.

Tolerable Upper Intake Level (TUIL) is the highest amount of a nutrient that can be safely consumed with no risk of toxicity or adverse effects on health.

Estimated Average Requirement (EAR) is the average daily intake of a nutrient that will meet the requirement of half of the healthy people of a given age and gender.

Malnutrition is a condition caused by excess or deficient food energy or nutrient intake or by an imbalance of nutrients.