NTDT200 Review Questions Chapter 1 1 Give several reasons people make the food choices they do 2 Define the term organic Of the 6 classes of nutrients which ones are organic and which ones are inorganic 3 Which nutrients yield energy and how much energy do they yield per gram 4 Describe how alcohol resembles a nutrient Why is alcohol not considered a nutrient 5 What is a correlation Describe the difference between a positive and a negative correlation 6 When trying to evaluate nutrition information or any type of scientific information what it the strongest type of evidence What is the weakest type of evidence 7 What are the Dietary Reference Intakes DRI s What is their purpose and who do their recommendations apply to 8 Define the following terms Adequate Intakes AI Recommended Dietary Allowances RDA Estimated Average Requirements EAR and Tolerable Upper Intake Levels UL 9 What is an Acceptable Macronutrient Distribution Range AMDR and what are the AMDR s for the 3 macronutrients 10 Describe the 4 components of a nutrition assessment 11 What is an anthropometric measure 12 What is Healthy People 13 What are the leading causes of death in the US Which ones do nutrition impact 14 What does it mean to be a risk factor for a disease
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