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Test Bank for Nutrition & Diet Therapy, 12th Edition by Ruth Roth, 9781305945821, Covering Chapters 1-21 | Includes Rationales

Test Bank for Nutrition & Diet Therapy, 12th Edition by Ruth Roth, 9781305945821, Covering Chapters 1-21 | Includes Rationales

Test Bank for Nutrition & Diet Therapy, 12th Edition by Ruth Roth, 9781305945821, Covering Chapters 1-21 | Includes Rationales

What Drives Our Food Choices? - ️️We need to eat and drink to live. We get fuel from chemical compounds known as - ️️nutrients. What are the six classes of nutrients? - ️️- Carbohydrates - fats -protein -vitamins -minerals -water What works to provide energy, growth, and maintenance, and to maintain body processes? - ️️Nutrients What provides energy in the form of kilocalories? - ️️- Carbohydrates - fats - proteins What helps regulate body processes, inc...

What is a main characteristic of chronic disease? - Long Duration Nonnutrient substances found in plant foods that show biological activity in the body are known as - phytochemicals What nutrient is present in the highest amounts in most foods? - Water What is a nutrient that is needed by the body and must be supplied by food? - Essential nutrients Macronutrients include what groups of substances? - Carbohydrate, fat, protein (Macronutrients because the body needs them in large quantities ...

Nutrients - compounds in foods that sustain body processes. 6 classes: fats (lipids), carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins, minerals & water kilocalories - the measurement of energy in foods metabolism - numerous actions that occur within the cell nutrition - the science that studies how the nutrients and compounds in foods that you eat nourish and affect your body functions and health macronutrients - the energy containing essential nutrients that you need in HIGHER amounts: Carbohydrates, ...

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