Gardner-Webb University - NUTRITION 101

Chapter 8-9 (Quiz 7)

1)What is the chief factor that determines a person’s susceptibility?

2. What is the chief reason that health-care professionals advise people to engage only in low-to-moderate intensity activities for prolonged duration rather than more intense, shorter routines?

3. Because obesity apparently has many causes, even in an individual, the best approach seems to be

4. Which of the following explains why B vitamin deficiencies lead to lack of energy

5. What is the primary excretory route for the water-soluble vitamins?

6. Approximately what percentage of alcoholics exhibits thiamin deficiency?

7. Among the following compounds that serve as coenzymes in metabolism, which is considered a vitamin for human beings?

8. In a person who loses the ability to absorb vitamin B12, approximately what period of t ime could elapse before deficiency signs develop?

9. Why are vegans at r isk of developing a vitamin B12 deficiency?

10. A deficiency of which of the following vitamins results in accumulation of homocysteine in the blood?

11. Which of the following compounds serves as a major precursor for the body’s synthesis of vitamin d

12. Which of the following is the most likely side effect for a person who regularly consumes large quantities of carrots or carrot juice

13. Which of the following is the most reliable source of vitamin d in the diet

14. What population group has the highest r isk for a vitamin k deficiency?

15. Which of the following is a property of the fat-soluble vitamins

16. Which vitamin is routinely given as a single dose to newborns?