NUTRI-QUIZ REVIEWER

NUTRI-QUIZ QUESTIONS

DOH SEC. PAULYN JEAN B. ROSELL-UBIAL, MPH, CESO II

1. It makes up most of your blood and help carry oxygen and food to the cells in your body. It helps your body get rid
of wastes through urine and sweat.

Answer: Water

2. What food nutrient is our body’s main source of energy?

Answer: Carbohydrates

3. They are very important for building strong bones.

Answer: Calcium

4. It is a degenerative brain disorder that causes a gradual and irreversible decline in memory and eventually, the
ability to care for oneself.

Answer: Alzheimer’s disease

5. It is a dietary-deficiency disease resulting from inadequate intake of niacin.

Answer: Pellagra

6. An irregularity in the rhythm of the heartbeat is referred to as what?

Answer: Arrhythmia

7. It is a water-soluble vitamin found in fruits and leafy vegetables and is also called as ascorbic acid.

Answer: Vitamin C

8. A prolonged deficiency of Vitamin C in the diet causes what disease?

Answer: Scurvy

9. What is the theme for this year’s Nutrition Month Celebration?

Answer:

10. What is the protein food found in milk?

Answer: Casein

11. What is the cheapest source of Vitamin D?

Answer: Sunlight/Morning Sunshine

12. What is the scientific name of guava?

Answer: Psidium guajava

13. The package of simple ready-to-cook foods designed as a supplement to the usual diet of the child is called what?

Answer: Nutri-Pak

14. What severe form of child malnutrition is caused by inadequate intake of protein?

Answer: Kwashiorkor
15. It refers to the food that a person usually consumes.

Answer: Diet

16. This vitamin is extracted from liver which is essential for red blood cell formation.

Answer: Vitamin B12/Cyanocobalamin

17. It is a relapse or recurrence of an illness or disease.

Answer: Palindromia

18. It is the scientific regulation of diet in treating disease.

Answer: Dietotherapy

19. Any substance that nourishes a person to enable him to live and grow.

Answer: Food

20. It is a condition characterized by sleepiness, indifference, and lack of energy.

Answer: Lethargy

21. ____________ is a metabolism of fat.

Answer: Lipometabolism

22. _____________ is caused by lack of calories or inadequate amount of food.

Answer: Marasmus

23. It is a type of cancer of the blood characterized by an abnormal increase of immature white blood cells called
“blasts”.

Answer: Leukemia or Leukaemia

24. The slowness of heart rate is referred to as what?

Answer: Bradycardia

25. The first secretion from the mother’s breast is rich in antibodies and minerals. This is produced after giving birth
and before the production of true milk. It provides newborns with immunity to infections.

Answer: Colostrum

26. These are the “building blocks” of protein which is an integral part of all body tissues especially muscle.

Answer: Amino Acids

27. It is the enlargement of the thyroid gland appearing as a swelling of the front of the neck.

Answer: Goiter

28. It helps prevent goiter.

Answer: Iodine
29. This refers to the ease with
which nutrients,
particularly minerals, can be
absorbed
from the digestive tract and
utilized by the body.
Answer:
Bio-availability/Bioavailability
30. ___________ is a term to
describe minerals that are
attached to other molecules
such as proteins or
carbohydrates and used to
improve
the bio-availability of minerals.
Answer: Chelates
31. These are the building
blocks of fats and oils.
Answer: Fatty Acids
32. It refers to the study of
measurement of the physical
characteristics of the body such
as height and weight.
Answer: Anthropometry
33. It is the pressure of the
blood on the walls of the
arteries.
Answer: Blood Pressure
34. _________ is the rate of
energy used for metabolism
when the body is at complete
rest
Answer: Basal Metabolic Rate
(BMR)
35. It is an eating disorder
characterized by binge eating,
sometimes followed by
vomiting or purging.
Answer: Bulimia
36. What is the natural
stimulant found in coffee, tea,
and chocolate?
Answer: Caffeine
37. It is the unit of heat and the
measurement of
energy.
Answer: Calorie
38. ___________ is a
monosaccharide, sometimes
known as blood sugar.
Answer: Glucose
39. It is the main carbohydrate
in milk.
Answer: Lactose
40. These refers to the
substances obtained from food
and used in the body to provide
energy and structural materials
and to regulate growth,
maintenance and repair of the
body’s tissue.
Answer: Nutrients
41. __________ is a chronic
disease characterized by
excessively high body fat in
relation to lean body tissue.
Answer: Obesity
42. It is an excess of body
weight that includes fat, bone,
and muscle.
Answer: Overweight
43. What is the general term for
the people who exclude
meat, poultry, fish, or other
animal-derived foods from their
diets?
Answer: Vegetarians
44. These are organic, essential
nutrients required only
in small amounts.
Answer: Vitamins
45. ________ is a guideline for
the amount of energy
and selected nutrients
considered
adequate to meet the nutrient
needs of practically all
healthy people.
Answer: Recommended Dietary
Allowances (RDA)
46. It is the breaking down of
foodstuffs in the body into
a form that can be absorbed
and
used or excreted.
Answer: Digestion
47. It is the state of being
healthy and fit, gaining all
nutrients.
Answer: Wellness
48. It is a lack of adequate fluids
in the body.
Answer: Dehydration
49. It is a deficiency in blood
where iron level intake is
too low.
Answer: Anemia or Anaemia
50. These are foods that are
supplemented with
essential nutrients in quantities
greater
than already present.
Answer: Fortified Foods
51. How do you call a
healthcare professional with
training in nutrition and diet
planning?
Answer: Dietician/Dietitian
52. _______ is the science that
deals with foods and
their effects on health.
Answer: Nutrition
53. ________ is a drug or remedy
used for treating
illness.
Answer: Medicine
28. It helps prevent goiter.
Answer: Iodine
29. This refers to the ease with
which nutrients,
particularly minerals, can be
absorbed
from the digestive tract and
utilized by the body.
Answer:
Bio-availability/Bioavailability
30. ___________ is a term to
describe minerals that are
attached to other molecules
such as proteins or
carbohydrates and used to
improve
the bio-availability of minerals.
Answer: Chelates
31. These are the building
blocks of fats and oils.
Answer: Fatty Acids
32. It refers to the study of
measurement of the physical
characteristics of the body such
as height and weight.
Answer: Anthropometry
33. It is the pressure of the
blood on the walls of the
arteries.
Answer: Blood Pressure
34. _________ is the rate of
energy used for metabolism
when the body is at complete
rest
Answer: Basal Metabolic Rate
(BMR)
35. It is an eating disorder
characterized by binge eating,
sometimes followed by
vomiting or purging.
Answer: Bulimia
36. What is the natural
stimulant found in coffee, tea,
and chocolate?
Answer: Caffeine
37. It is the unit of heat and the
measurement of
energy.
Answer: Calorie
38. ___________ is a
monosaccharide, sometimes
known as blood sugar.
Answer: Glucose
39. It is the main carbohydrate
in milk.
Answer: Lactose
40. These refers to the
substances obtained from food
and used in the body to provide
energy and structural materials
and to regulate growth,
maintenance and repair of the
body’s tissue.
Answer: Nutrients
41. __________ is a chronic
disease characterized by
excessively high body fat in
relation to lean body tissue.
Answer: Obesity
42. It is an excess of body
weight that includes fat, bone,
and muscle.
Answer: Overweight
43. What is the general term for
the people who exclude
meat, poultry, fish, or other
animal-derived foods from their
diets?
Answer: Vegetarians
44. These are organic, essential
nutrients required only
in small amounts.
Answer: Vitamins
45. ________ is a guideline for
the amount of energy
and selected nutrients
considered
adequate to meet the nutrient
needs of practically all
healthy people.
Answer: Recommended Dietary
Allowances (RDA)
46. It is the breaking down of
foodstuffs in the body into
a form that can be absorbed
and
used or excreted.
Answer: Digestion
47. It is the state of being
healthy and fit, gaining all
nutrients.
Answer: Wellness
48. It is a lack of adequate fluids
in the body.
Answer: Dehydration
49. It is a deficiency in blood
where iron level intake is
too low.
Answer: Anemia or Anaemia
50. These are foods that are
supplemented with
essential nutrients in quantities
greater
than already present.
Answer: Fortified Foods
51. How do you call a
healthcare professional with
training in nutrition and diet
planning?
Answer: Dietician/Dietitian
52. _______ is the science that
deals with foods and
their effects on health.
Answer: Nutrition
53. ________ is a drug or remedy
used for treating
illness.
Answer: Medicine
8. It helps prevent goiter.
Answer: Iodine
29. This refers to the ease with
which nutrients,
particularly minerals, can be
absorbed
from the digestive tract and
utilized by the body.
Answer:
Bio-availability/Bioavailability
30. ___________ is a term to
describe minerals that are
attached to other molecules
such as proteins or
carbohydrates and used to
improve
the bio-availability of minerals.
Answer: Chelates