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True

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A deficiency or toxicity of even a single nutrient can weaken the body's defenses considerably.

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False

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CVD is a man's disease.

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True

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Thirty minutes of light, balanced exercise, performed at intervals throughout the day, can improve the odds against heart disease.

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True

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Constituents in foods may be cancer causing, cancer promoting, or protective against cancer.

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True

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Excess calories from carbohydrates, protein, and fat all raise cancer rates.

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False

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Dietary supplements can trigger extra immune power to fend off dangerous infections.

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True

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Metabolic syndrome with its cluster of factors raises the risk of CVD.

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True

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The risk of cancer rises with BMI

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which foods are readily available., which foods are easiest to prepare. (a,b)

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Today's meals are most often influenced by:

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bagged cut salad greens

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For someone trying to make healthier choices when purchasing pre-packaged convenience foods to use at home, which would be the best choice?

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watching weekly grocery ads for fruit and vegetable specials.

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Recommendations to help a family on a minimum wage income purchase low-cost, nutritious food include:

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adequate nutrition

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Which of the following holds the key to maintaining the best possible immune system support?

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food safety

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Which of the following must be given careful attention when feeding the person with AIDS?

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the skin becomes thinner with less connective tissue., antibody secretions and immune cell number are reduced. (a,b)

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Effects of protein-energy malnutrition on the body's defense system include:

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LDL 160 mg/dL or higher

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Which of the following would be considered a risk factor for CVD?

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high blood HDL

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Which of the following is not one of the risk factors for CVD?

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45

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In men, aging becomes a significant risk factor for heart disease at age:

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unsaturated

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Wherever dietary fat consists mostly of _____ fats and fish, fruits, and vegetables are eaten in abundance, blood cholesterol and the rate of death from heart disease are low.

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35

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According to the DRI Committee, the percentage of calories from fat in the diet should be no more than _____ percent.

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high HDL

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Which of the following is associated with a reduced risk of CVD?

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moderate alcohol intake , physical intake (a,c)

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Which of the following raises HDL concentration?

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insoluble fiber

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All of the following dietary factors are protective against CVD except

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120 over 80

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Resting blood pressure should ideally be _____ or lower.

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age, genes (a,c)

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Which of the following is a risk factor for the development of hypertension?

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African Americans., those who have diabetes. (a,c)

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Salt sensitive individuals are likely to include:

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potassium

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Individuals with hypertension being treated with diuretics should consume foods rich in:

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high vegetable intakes., high whole grain intakes (a,b)

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In general, studies of populations have suggested that low cancer rates correlate with:

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calories

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Laboratory studies suggest that diets high in _____ seem to promote cancer.

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folate

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Which of the following nutrients plays a special role with respect to cervical and colon cancer?

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eat a wide variety of vegetables and fruits in generous quantities every day.

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The best action to take to decrease your risk of cancer is to:

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calcium

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Which of the following may offer a protective effect against colon cancer?

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saturated

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In dietary recommendations to decrease the risk of CVD, trans-fatty acids are classified with _____ fat.

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2300

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To help prevent hypertension Americans should limit their sodium intake to _____ mg per day.

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7

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According to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, saturated fat in the diet should account for no more than _____ percent of calories.

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high in saturated fats.,high in trans fats. (a,b)

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An atherogenic diet is characterized as one:

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consume oats, barley, and legumes. ,limit foods with trans fatty acids. (a,b)

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To help control blood cholesterol you would:

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choose more fruits and whole grains., consume 1 or 2 servings of fatty fish each week. (a,c)

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To minimize risks of CVD you would:

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diastolic blood pressure of 80.

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All of the following are risk factors for CVD except:

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have a high fruit and vegetable intake., consume whole grains and other fiber-rich foods (b,c)

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To reduce your risks of developing cancer you would:

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high LDL cholesterol because of its role in plaque formation.

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When trying to reduce the risk of heart disease, the most important risk factor to modify first is:

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remove the salt shaker from the table

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A man with pre-hypertension is trying to keep his blood pressure from going higher. Which of the following dietary changes might help

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caused by bacteria, viruses, parasites, et al microrganisims transmission thru water, food, or vector organisim

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Infectious Diseases

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only strengthens or weakens body defenses against disease does not directly prevent disease

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How does nutrition influence disease prevention

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caused by mix of factors (genes, prior diseases, and/or lifestyle) progress is slow long lasting body organ degerate

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Chronic diseases

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Chronic

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Which type of disease is more prevalent in the US and Canada? Chronic or Infectious

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lifestyle/ degenerative disease disease of old age

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Another name for chronic disease

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lack or excess of nutrients are associated with low disease resistance Immune tissue first impaired when a nutrient is lacking or at toxic levels Some deicencies cause harm to immunity quicker

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How does a nurished immune system provide the best protection to the body

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age the size of the deficency if other nutrients can do its work

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What are factors that determine how fast nutrient deficiencies can harm immunity

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protein energy vit A, E, D,and C B vits folate copper magnesium selenium

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Defciencies of what nutrients impair immunity

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iron and zinc

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Toxicity or defciencies of what nutrients impair immunity

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Skin thins, with less connective tissue to serve as a barrier for protection of underlying tissues sensitivity reaction to antigens is delayed

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How does protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) effect the skin

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amounts of antibody secreations and immune cells are reduced

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How does protein-energy malnutrition effect the digestive tract and body lingings

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immune system organs reduced in size cells of immune defense are depleted

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How does protein-energy malnutrion effect lymph tissues

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invader kill time is prolonged circulating immune cells reduced immune system impaired

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In general, how does protein-energy maluntrition effect the body

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lack of food disease and its treatment

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Malnutrition can be a result of what two causes

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factor known to be related to (or correlated with) disease but not proved to be its cause

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risk factors

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eniromental genetics behavioral social factors

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What are the four disease risk factors categories

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33%

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Many experts believe that diet accounts for this precentage of all coronary heart disease

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family medical history and lab tests

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What are two powerful predictors of disease

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general term for all diseases of heart and blood vessels It's main cause is atherosclerosis

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Cardiovascular disease (CVD)

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the arteries that carry blood to heart become blocked

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Coronary heart disease (CHD)

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most common form of CVD Plaque build up along inner walls of the arteries

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Atherosclerosis

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lumps of lipid mixed with smooth muscle cells and calcium that form in artery walls in atherosclerosis

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plaques

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heart

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One of the least regenerative organs in the body

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nausea and/ or vomiting neck, shoulder, or ab pain unusual fatigue and/or weakness

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Heart attack signs that are exclusive to women

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branch points

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Where in the arteries is plaque most prone to develop

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30

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By what age do most people have well developed plaques

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plaque rupture

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In atherosclerosis, what can happen to the artery walls after a rapid increase in blood pressure.

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large scavenger cells of the immune system that engulf debris and remove it

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macrophages

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tiny fragments in the blood important in forming blood clots

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platelets

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stationary blood clot

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thrombus

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stationary blood clot that has grown enough to close off a blood vessel

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thrombosis

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a blood clot that has broken loose from the artery wall and travels thru the blood vessels

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embolus

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a floating blood clot (embolus) that causes sudden closure of a blood vessel

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embolism

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blood pressure rises

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How is blood pressure effeted by hardened and narrowed arteries formed from plaques

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where the artery wall has weakend and balloned out from high blood pressure caused by atherosclerosis

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aneurysm

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age gender genes cigarette smokin certain diseases physical inactivity

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What are possible known risk factors for CVD

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its association with progression of atherosclerosis as people age

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How is a person's age a risk factor for CVD

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45

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At what age does the risk for CVD raise significantly for men?

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55

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At what age does the risk factor for CVD raise significantly for women

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high HDL (> or equal to 160mg/l) low LDL (< 100 mg/l)

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In terms of blood lipid profile, what is the ratio of HDL to LDL that lowers risk of CVD

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low HDL ( or equal to 160 mg/l)

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In terms of blood lipid profile, what is the ratio of HDL to LDL that elevates risk of CVD

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estimated 30-40%

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What percentage of cancers are influenced by diet

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they may promote, protect, or cause cancer

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How do constituents of the diet relate to cancer

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