1
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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.
A
Water
2
Q
What food nutrient is our body’s main source of energy?
A
Carbohydrates
3
Q
They are very important for building strong bones.
A
Calcium
4
Q
It is a degenerative brain disorder that causes a gradual and irreversible decline in memory and, eventually, the ability to care for oneself.
A
Alzheimer’s disease
5
Q
It is a dietary-deficiency disease resulting from inadequate intake of niacin.
A
Pellagra
6
Q
An irregularity in the rhythm of the heartbeat is referred to as what?
A
Arrhythmia
7
Q
It is a water-soluble vitamin found in fruits and leafy vegetables and is also called as ascorbic acid.
A
Vitamin C
8
Q
A prolonged deficiency of Vitamin C in the diet causes what disease?
A
Scurvy
9
Q
What is the theme for this year’s Nutrition Month Celebration?
A
Gutom at Malnutrisyon, Sama-samang Wakasan
10
Q
What is the protein food found in milk?
A
Casein
11
Q
What is the cheapest source of Vitamin D?
A
Sunlight/Morning Sunshine
12
Q
What is the scientific name of guava?
A
Psidium Guajava
13
Q
The package of simple ready-to-cook foods designed as a supplement to the usual diet of the child is called what?
A
Nutri-Pak
14
Q
What severe form of child malnutrition is caused by inadequate intake of protein?
A
Kwashiorkor
15
Q
It refers to the food that a person usually consumes.
A
Diet
16
Q
This vitamin is extracted from liver which is essential for red blood cell formation.
A
Vitamin B12/Cyanocobalamin
17
Q
It is a relapse or recurrence of an illness or disease.
A
Palindromia
18
Q
It is the scientific regulation of diet in treating disease.
A
Dietotherapy
19
Q
Any substance that nourishes a person to enable him to live and grow.
A
Food
20
Q
It is a condition characterized by sleepiness, indifference, and lack of energy.
A
Lethargy
21
Q
__________ is a metabolism of fat.
A
Lipometabolism
22
Q
__________ is caused by lack of calories or inadequate amount of food.
A
Marasmus
23
Q
It is a type of cancer of the blood characterized by an abnormal increase of immature white blood cells called “blasts.”
A
Leukemia or Leukaemia
24
Q
The slowness of heart rate is referred to as what?
A
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.
Colostrum
26
These are the "building blocks" of protein which is an integral part of all body tissues especially muscle.
Amino Acids
27
It is the enlargement of the thyroid gland appearing as a swelling of the front of the neck.
Goiter
28
It is iodine present in salt.
Iodine
29
This refers to the same with other nutrients, particularly minerals, can be absorbed from the digestive tract and utilized by the body.
Bio-availability/Bio-availability
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.
Chelates
31
These are the building blocks of fats and oils.
Fatty Acids
32
It refers to the study of measurement of the physical characteristics of the body such as height and weight.
Anthropometry
33
It is the pressure of the blood on the walls of the arteries.
Blood Pressure
34
__________ is the rate of energy used by metabolism to keep the body at a complete rest.
Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)
35
It is an eating disorder characterized by binge eating, sometimes followed by vomiting or purging.
Bulimia
36
What is the irritant chemical found in coffee, tea, and chocolate?
Caffeine
37
It is the unit of heat and the measurement of energy.
Calorie
38
__________ is a monosaccharide, sometimes known as blood sugar.
Glucose
39
It is the main carbohydrate in milk.
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.
Nutrients
41
__________ is a chronic disease characterized by excessively high body fat in relation to lean body tissue.
Obesity
42
It is an excess body fat.
Obesity
43
It is an excess of body weight that includes fat, bone, and muscle.
Overweight
44
These are organic essential nutrients required only in small amounts.
Vitamins
45
__________ is a guideline for the amount of energy and selected nutrients so considered to be adequate to meet the needs of practically all healthy people.
Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA)
46
It is the breaking down of food into in the body into a form that can be absorbed and used or excreted.
Digestion
47
It is the state of being healthy and fit, gaining all nutrients.
Wellness
48
It is a lack of adequate fluids in the body.
Dehydration
49
It is a deficiency in which iron stores are too low.
Anemia or Anemia
50
These are foods that are supplemented with essential nutrients in quantities greater than already present.
Fortified Foods
51
How do you call a healthcare professional with training in nutrition and diet planning?
Dietician/Dietitian
52
__________ is the science that deals with foods and the effects on health.
Nutrition
53
__________ is a drug or remedy used for treating illness.
Medicine
54
It is a lack of healthy foods in the diet, or the inability of the body to absorb them, leading to physical harm.
Malnutrition
55
What is the best way to assess an individual's nutrition status?
Weighing
56
What substance are nails made of?
Keratin
57
Every product are generally made from what common liquid?
Milk
58
He is a Polish-American chemist considered as the "Father of Vitamin Therapy" and was the first to coin the term "vitamin" as a factor in the diet.
Casimir Funk
59
He is the only cage-manfactured dry mammal.
Lactose
60
Xerophthalmia is the same as what vitamin?
Vitamin A
61
It is a malignant growth of cells.
Cancer
62
Cardiopathy is known to us as what sort of disease?
Heart Disease
63
It is a disease caused by a deficiency of vitamin D.
Rickets
64
What vitamin is a steroid?
Vitamin D
65
What nutrient is needed as the main structural component of the body?
Protein
66
What vitamin helps in blood clotting and is essential in reproduction?
Vitamin K
67
What vitamin is needed for a healthy immune system and strong connective tissue?
Vitamin C/Ascorbic Acid
68
It is also known as tocopherol and is necessary for normal reproduction.
Vitamin E
69
What is the cheapest source of iodine in our household?
Iodized salt
70
What fruit is an all-good-food?
Avocado
71
Who was the Philippine President who declared July as a month of nutrition?
Ferdinand Marcos
72
This is often marketed as "superfruits" being rich in vitamins A and C.
Guava
73
It is an agency of the Philippine government under the Department of Health responsible for creating a conducive policy environment for national and local program planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, and excellence using relevant state of the art technology and approaches.
National Nutrition Council (NNC)
74
It is a medical condition in which the eye becomes dry and damaged by a deficiency in vitamin A.
Xerophthalmia
75
He is referred to as the "Father of Medicine."
Hippocrates
76
__________ is a thiamine deficiency disease.
Beriberi
77
What Presidential Decree, known as the "Nutrition Act of the Philippines" which created the NNC and affirmed the NNC as the highest policy-making arm on nutrition, was promulgated on June 25, 1974?
P.D. 491
78
What Executive Order, which renamed the National Nutrition Service under the NNC?
Executive Order No. 472
79
What is the process of removing harmful pathogens from various types of food?
Pasteurization/Pasteurization
80
It protects the child from measles and is given only once at early nine months.
Measles Vaccine
81
It protects the unborn child from the tetanus and is given to the mother twice.
Tetanus Toxoid
82
It is the current vaccine for tuberculosis.
Bacillus Calmette Guerin (BCG)
83
What is the substance found in colostrum that fights against infection and disease and stimulates immunity?
Immunoglobulin
84
__________ is a hidden hunger.
Malnutrition
85
It is also called "Night Blindness" and is a poor vision in relatively low light.
Nyctalopia
86
Malunggay have different parts. One of these is the fruit/seed. For what is the use of this fruit/seed?
Arthritis
87
__________ is slowness in eating.
Bradyphagia
88
A person who stores too much sugar in the body may suffer from __________.
Diabetes
89
Who discovered the Vitamin D and the role of the vitamin in preventing rickets?
Edward Mellanby
90
What is the medical term for the inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord, known collectively as the meninges?
Meningitis
91
__________ is a great toe displacement toward other toes.
Hallux Varus
92
This disease happens when the flow of oxygen-rich blood to a section of heart muscle suddenly becomes blocked and the heart can't get oxygen.
Heart Attack
93
It is a part of the vitamin B complex, which is vital for red blood cells, and it is used in the treatment of pernicious and megaloblastic anemia and gastrointestinal disorders.
Answer: Folic Acid / Vitamin B / Folate / Vitamin B9 / Vitamin B11 / Vitamin Bc
94
__________ means hernia of the stomach.
Gastrocele
95
Any illness resulting form the consumption of contaminated food or foods which contain poisonous substances.
Foodborne Illness / Foodborne Diseases / Food Poisoning
96
What is the staple food of Filipinos that is served every meal?
Rice
97
When protein reaches the intestines for further digestion, it turns into what?
Amino Acid
98
It is a statement or information on food labels indicating the nutrients and the amount of calories found in packaged or pre-processed foods or food products.
Nutrition Facts
99
__________ is the addition of nutrients to processed foods or food products at levels above those found naturally in the food.
Fortification/Food Fortification
100
This is a strategy to encourage food manufacturers to add essential vitamins or food products with essential nutrients to improve the health of the population (DOH).
Pinoy Seal Program
101
It is the process of introducing a vaccine into the body to stimulate the formation of antibodies, which will give rise to disease resistance.
Immunization
102
What do you call the medical condition of being constantly hungry and it serve to benefit from eating food?
Satiation
103
What is the act establishing the Philippine School Breakfast Program?
H.B. 8515/8515
104
This was a disease when a child is suffering among essential nutrients with or without the absolute deficiency of any nutrients.
Imbalance
105
It is the other name for sodium glutamate that is also used to improve the flavor to the foods we eat?
Monosodium glutamate / Sodium glutamate
106
__________ is a substance formed by protein in the blood that is used by the immune system to identify and neutralize foreign objects such as bacteria and viruses.
Antibody
107
It is the removal of mineral or calcium ions from the bone or other calcified tissue to make them flexible and easy for histological investigation.
Decalcification
108
These are smaller amounts of vitamins or minerals consumed.
Micronutrients
109
What hormone is produced in the pancreas and is responsible for the regulation of glucose? (The lack of this hormone causes diabetes.)
Insulin
110
__________ are portions and types of foods and beverages consumed on a regular basis.
Diet
111
It is a standardized ratio of weight to height.
Body Mass Index (BMI)
112
In what part of the body does digestion begin?
Mouth
113
What group of foods builds and repairs worn-out tissues?
Grow Foods
114
In what year was it discovered that a prolonged deficiency of Vitamin C will cause Scurvy, now known as vitamin C deficiency disease?
1720
115
What basic food group provides the body with heat and energy?
Energy-Giving Foods (Go Foods)
116
It is a deficiency of calcium in elderly.
Osteoporosis
117
What is the poor man's meat?
Monggo (English Terms: Mung Bean / Moong Bean / Lentil / Legume / Mung Pea)
118
What vitamin do we get from yellow foods?
Vitamin A
119
What mineral makes our teeth harder?
Calcium, Iron, Phosphorus
120
What are the water-soluble vitamins?
Vitamin C and Vitamins B complex
121
What vitamin helps in preventing hemorrhage and known as anti-hemorrhage vitamin?
Vitamin K
122
What do you call the thrombocytes that are tiny colorless disc-shaped and plays an important role in the clotting process?
Platelets
123
What do you call the cholesterol that comes from food?
Dietary Cholesterol
124
What do you call the cholesterol that circulates in your blood?
Serum Cholesterol/Blood Cholesterol
125
What is the body's most essential nutrient?
Water
126
What are the fat-soluble vitamins?
Vitamins A, D, E, and K
127
It must accompany smart eating for weight control.
Regular Exercise
128
__________ is a guideline for helping people choose a varied, balanced, and moderate diet.
Daily Food Guide
129
It is a fat-like substance found only in animal sources of food.
Cholesterol
130
What is the governmental agency responsible for food labels?
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
131
These are the substances added for a specific effect.
Additives
132
How many calories are there in a pound?
3,500 calories
133
It is an eating disorder characterized by an irrational fear of becoming obese.
Anorexia Nervosa
134
It refers to the eating of large amounts of starches on days leading up to an athletic competition.
Carbohydrate Loading
135
It is when the body's immune system overreacts to food substances.
Food Allergy
136
__________ is using a medicine in a way that is not intended.
Medicine misuse
137
It is the ability to be physically active.
Physical Fitness
138
Of the existing 20 amino acids, how many are considered to be essential in the diet?
8 amino acids
139
What are the complex carbohydrates?
Starches
140
What mineral helps build red blood cells?
Iron
141
It is a fat-soluble vitamin that enhances the absorption of calcium and therefore aids in the formation and maintenance of bones and teeth.
Vitamin D
142
What are the simple carbohydrates?
Sugars
143
What is the primary role of carbohydrates in the body?
To provide energy
144
__________ is the sole source of energy used by the brain.
Glucose
145
It is a B-vitamin that is a factor in energy metabolism and supports normal vision and skin health.
Vitamin B2 or Riboflavin
146
__________ is an excessively rapid heartbeat.
Tachycardia
147
It is a bad breath.
Halitosis
148
__________ is a condition in which a person can no longer control his or her mood or actions for a long.
Drug Addiction
149
It is any chemical or agent that causes cancer.
Carcinogen
Review
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Decks in class (11)
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French Cookery Terms74
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Italian and Spanish Cookery Terms30
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European Cookery Terms22
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Asian Cookery Terms23
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Philippine National Cuisine48
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American/English/Mexican Cookery Terms17
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Northern and Central Regional Dishes16
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Bicol and Visayan Regional Dishes18
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Mindanao Regional Dishes13
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Random NutriQuiz149
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Food Service and Cookery Terms 10
