Review Document Quiz 1 PDF

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Summary of review for quiz 1 clinical nutrition's basic essential concepts...

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Review document for Chapters 1, 2, & 3 – HSC 4572 Chapter One 1. Know the concept of nutrient density 2. Review information about assessing whether nutrition information is factual, and how we should proceed when new nutrition information hits the news channels 3. Be familiar with the different types of scientific studies: epidemiological, lab studies, and clinical intervention. 4. Hunger vs appetite 5. Metric system conversions to English (and vice vs) 6. What is NHANES? Chapter Two 7. Read for an understanding of the DRI sets of values: RDA, AI, UL. Be aware of assumptions made by DRI committee. 8. What is it that sets the exchange system apart from other food guides? 9. Gen definition of antioxidants. 10. Contrast energy density with nutrient density. What characteristics would low energy dense foods have? 11. Look at the Mediterranean Diet pyramid (pg 63) Chapter Three 12. Rates of cell replication 13. Have a working knowledge of the organs and secretions of the GI tract, and what each does (info you hopefully retained from HUN 2002…), including transit times (pg 86) 14. Is there a relationship between what we eat and what proteins are produced by our genes? (Genes being “words” in the DNA “sentences”) Read the beginning of Chap 3 for understanding. 15. How and where is energy stored in our bodies? 16. Chronic inflammation; what is a predictor?...