NUTR 222- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 31 pages long!)
6 Oct 2017
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Lecture 1: overview of nutrition & health: lifestyle choices. Tuesday, september 26, 2017: measure of energy ***know these speci c #s*, carbohydrates = 4 kcal/g, protein= 4 kcal/g. Too many kcal from any of the nutrients causes weight gain: energy-yielding nutrients: drive you metabolism and give energy for the body to move. Tuesday, september 26, 2017: energy, nutrients, other dietary components (ex: ber, physical activity. These are done every 5 years: recommendations made to health professionals by nutritional scientists, rda: (recommended dietary allowance) average daily amounts of nutrients considered adequate to meet the needs of about 95% of people. This is the most important one: set for di erent ages and genders, based on scienti c evidence -this part is important, ai: (adequate intake) used when there is not enough scienti c evidence for and rda. Tuesday, september 26, 2017: how many calories an individual should consume.
