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Exam 13: Nutrients That Provide Energy Carbohydrates, Fats, and Proteins

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Fats yield more than twice as many calories per gram than do proteins or carbohydrates.

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B) False

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Which of the following statements about fat is true?

A) children younger than two years need dietary fat for healthy growth
B) all fats are bad and should be eliminated from the adult diet
C) fats yield 4 calories per gram
D) all fats contain cholesterol

E) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

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The most concentrated source of energy is provided by:

What benefits are associated with increasing a child's level of physical activity?

Foods that would contribute the most dietary cholesterol include:

A child's basal metabolic needs are than the energy required for voluntary physical activity.

Calorie-wise, swimming for 20 minutes would justify eating a large candy bar or ice cream cone.

The form of carbohydrate that circulates in the blood stream (blood sugar) is called .

is a complex carbohydrate found in fruits and vegetables that humans are not able to digest.

Starch, lactose, and sucrose must all be digested before the body is able to use them as an energy source.

All the following nutrient classes supply direct energy EXCEPT:

Nutrients vary in their energy value; the per gram caloric value for carbohydrates and proteins is ____________________ and for fat is ____________________.

Which of the following factors accounts for the most variation in meeting a child's total caloric needs?

The fats found in beef, lamb, poultry, and butter contain high amounts of:

Compare the energy needs of a 45-pound, four-year-old child with the energy needs of his 120-pound mother. Explain why the child's energy need is greater than that of his mother's?

The amount of energy in a food is called:

Why is it important not to restrict fat in an infant's or toddler's diet?

Why should a child younger than two-years not be given skim milk?

When carbohydrates are completely digested, the end products are:

Plant-source oils that have been converted to a solid or semisolid form are called fats.