Match Each Term with the Appropriate Definition.​

question 29

Multiple Choice

Match each term with the appropriate definition.​
-​essential nutrients

• A)the study of foods,their nutrients and other chemical constituents,and the effects that foods and food constituents have on health
• B)access at all times to a sufficient supply of safe,nutritious foods
• C)limited or uncertain availability of safe,nutritious foods-or the inability to acquire foods in a socially acceptable way 
• D)unit of measure of the amount of energy supplied by food
• E)chemical substances in food that are used by the body for growth and health
• F)chemical substances in plants that give them their color and flavor; some perform important functions in the human body
• G)chemical substances that prevent or repair damage to cells caused by exposure to oxidizing agents
• H)nutrients required for normal growth and health that the body can generally not produce,or produce in sufficient amounts 
• I)nutrients required for normal growth and health that the body can manufacture in sufficient quantities from other components of the diet
• J)the chemical changes that take place in the body
• K)poor nutrition resulting from an excess or lack of calories or nutrients
• L)slow-developing,long-lasting diseases that are not contagious
• M)foods that contain relatively high amounts of nutrients compared to their calorie value
• N)foods that provide an excess of calories in relation to nutrients
• O)foods that provide relatively high levels of calories per unit weight of the food

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Definitions:

Placebo

A substance with no therapeutic effect, used as a control in testing new drugs, or to influence a participant's belief in the efficacy of a treatment.

Acupuncture Treatments

Involves the insertion of thin needles through the skin at strategic points on the body, used primarily for pain relief and therapeutic purposes in traditional Chinese medicine.

Double Blind

A study or experiment design in which neither the participants nor the experimenters know which participants are receiving the test treatment versus the control, to prevent bias.

Cholesterol Level

The concentration of cholesterol in the blood, measured to assess an individual's risk of developing heart disease.