The Ultimate Nutrition Science Quiz

Which term refers to the sum of the processes involved in taking in food, releasing the nutrients it contains, assimilating and using these nutrients to provide energy and maintain body tissue?

What is the body of scientific knowledge developed through controlled research that relates to all aspects of nutrition called?

Which term refers to the state of dynamic equilibrium within the body's internal environment?

What is the science concerned with the nutritional planning and preparation of foods and diets called?

What are substances in food that are essential for energy, growth, normal body function, and maintenance of life called?

True or false: Nutrition is the sum of the processes involved in releasing the nutrients from food and using them to provide energy and maintain body tissue?

True or false: Nutrition science is the body of scientific knowledge developed through controlled research that relates to all aspects of nutrition?

True or false: Homeostasis is the state of dynamic equilibrium within the body's internal environment?

True or false: Dietetics is the science concerned with the nutritional planning and preparation of foods and diets?

True or false: Nutrients are substances in food that are essential for energy, growth, normal body function, and maintenance of life?

Metabolism refers to the sum of all the various biochemical and physiologic processes by which the body grows and maintains itself. What are the two main processes involved in metabolism?

What do we call the average daily amount of a nutrient considered adequate to meet the needs of all healthy people?

What is the maximum amount of a nutrient that appears safe for most healthy people to consume on a regular basis?

What do we call foods that contain physiologically active compounds that provide health benefits beyond their nutrient contributions?

What are the products of various metabolic reactions called?

True or false: Metabolism is the sum of all the various biochemical and physiologic processes by which the body grows and maintains itself?

True or false: Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA) represent the maximum amount of a nutrient that appears safe for most healthy people to consume on a regular basis?

True or false: Functional foods contain physiologically active compounds that provide health benefits beyond their nutrient contributions?

True or false: Metabolites are the products of various metabolic reactions?

True or false: Upper Intake Levels (UL) represent the average daily amount of a nutrient considered adequate to meet the needs of all healthy people?