The energy necessary to sustain life and to keep vital organs functioning is termed:
a. resting energy expenditure.
b. basal energy expenditure.
c. total energy expenditure.
d. physical activity-related energy expenditure.
a
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Flavor and texture profiles are two types of ______ tests.
A. discriminative B. descriptive C. hedonic D. sensitivity E. objective
Food producers hydrogenate unsaturated fatty acids in order to:
a. make them softer. b. give foods a longer shelf life. c. make them more healthy. d. reduce the kcalories in a food.
A nutrition researcher adds 30 mg of the mineral iron to the daily diet of 50 4-week-old laboratory mice. After ten weeks, the scientist takes blood samples from each mouse. According to his findings, the mice developed abnormal red blood cells. Based on this information and your knowledge of scientific research, what would you tell him?
A. He should consider his findings as an observation and redesign the study to include a control group. B. He should prepare a research article for submission to a peer-reviewed nutrition journal. C. He should call a press conference and report his findings to the public, so they can avoid consuming excess iron. D. He should report his findings to other nutrition scientists, so they can repeat his study and confirm the results.
Which Dietary Reference Intake describes the percentage of total calories that should come from each macronutrient? For example: 20% calories from fat, 65% calories from carbohydrate, and 15% calories from protein.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).