One of the characteristics of a nutritious diet is that foods provide enough of each essential nutrient as well as enough fiber and energy. This principle of diet planning is called:

The term that describes movement of substances through the digestive tract is…

Of the DRI family of nutrient standards, which value demands the most rigorous science and tolerates the least guesswork?

Based on a 24-hour transit time, the time that food from a meal spends in the stomach is approximately…

According to your textbook, the size of a deck of cards can be used in estimating this food portion.

According to the USDA Food Guide, which of the following may be counted as contributing as either protein foods OR vegetables?

In nutrition, the term essential refers to a necessary nutrient that can only be obtained from the diet.

Your food intake on a daily basis affects your health because:

The Daily Values reflect the needs of an average person consuming between ____________ calories per day.

The earliest Homo sapiens from Israel and Ethiopia exhibit the same body proportions as European Neanderthals