A child develops a strong dislike of noodle soup after she consumes a bowl while sick with the flu. Her reaction is an example of a food-related ____.

A person who eats a bowl of oatmeal for breakfast every day is most likely making a food choice based on ____.

The motive for a person who alters his diet due to religious convictions is most likely related to his ____.

Nonnutrient substances found in plant foods that may demonstrate biological activity in the body are commonly known as

What type of nutrient is needed by the body and must be supplied by foods?

Which nutrient is an example of a macronutrient?

The term organic, as related to compounds, would be best defined as ____.

Gram for gram, which class of nutrient provides the most energy?

Which nutrient source will yields more than 4 kcalories per gram?

Your friend Carrie took a daily supplement of vitamin C and tells you that she feels a lot better. Her statement to you is best described as a(n) ____.

How does a double-blind experiment work?

What is one benefit of using a large sample size in an experiment?

A health magazine contacts you for your expert opinion on what measure best describes the amounts of nutrients that should be consumed by the population. How should you reply?

What does the Tolerable Upper Intake Level of a nutrient represent?

What is the AMDR for carbohydrate?

The Dietary Reference Intakes may be used to ____.

Which statement explains the association between a risk factor and the development of a disease?

The diet-planning principle that provides all the nutrients, fiber, and energy in amounts sufficient to maintain health is called ____.

What are the principles of diet planning?

Nutrient dense refers to foods that ____.

Providing enough, but not an excess, of a food is a diet-planning principle known as ____.

In which food group are legumes found?

Kcalories from which food would be considered part of one's discretionary kcalorie allowance?

In the MyPlate icon, which category is shown as a separate food group?

Food list (exchange) systems were originally developed for people with ____.

Which feature characterizes the food exchange system?

The addition of calcium to some orange juice products by food manufacturers is known as nutrient ____.

The part of the grain that remains after being refined is the ____.

Which bread has the highest fiber content?

Which product label always denotes a whole-grain product?

A food scientist is developing a new and improved cereal bar. She consults with you to about the ordering of the ingredients on a food label. The ingredients are: Sugar: 30 g, Puffed wheat: 28 g, Dry milk powder: 5 g, Red food coloring: 35 mg, Salt: 2 g. What is the appropriate order in which to list these ingredients on the food label?

On a food label, the "% Daily Value" table compares key nutrients per serving for a person consuming how many kcalories daily?

The process by which food is broken down into absorbable components is called ____.

What part of the GI tract prevents a person from choking while swallowing?

One function of the pyloric sphincter is to ____.

Chyme can best be described as ____.

What structure separates the colon from the small intestine?

One function of sphincter muscles is to ____.

Which part of the GI tract contains highly acidic digestive juices?

One important function of mucus is to ____.

The process by which bile acts on fat so that enzymes can attack the fat is known as ____.

One function of the gallbladder is to ____.

What is the primary site for absorption of nutrients?

What is the name of the projections on the inner surface of the small intestine?

Microorganisms in food that are viable when consumed and that are beneficial to health are known as ____.

A diagnosis of constipation is made when a person's number of bowel movements per week first drops to under ____.

A person on a low-fiber diet is at increased risk for experiencing elevated rectal vein pressure leading to formation of ____.

What is a bolus?

When consumed on a regular basis, which food promotes healthful changes in the microflora of the GI tract?

The purpose of bicarbonate in the digestive process is to ____.