Nutrition Science Quiz

<p>Ingestion, digestion, absorption, utilization, and excretion</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Supporting tissue growth and maintenance</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Primary role in growth and development</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To ensure proper health and disease prevention</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Nutrition is the science of food and nutrients, focusing on their action, interaction, and balance in connection to health and disease.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Nutrition involves the ingestion, digestion, absorption, transport, utilization, and excretion of food substances in living organisms.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Adequate nutrient intake ensures proper growth and maintenance of body functions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Nutrition involves various chemical reactions and physiological transformations that convert foods into body tissues and activities.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Nutrition involves the removal of unusable elements and waste products of metabolism from the body.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The primary focus of the scientific study of food is to understand how food nourishes our bodies and influences our health.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Optimum nutrition is the level of intake that should promote the highest level of health.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Nutrition is referred to as the sum total of the process by which living things receive and utilize necessary foods.</p> Signup and view all the answers