Diet And Nutrition Advanced - Qp2
10 Questions
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Questions and Answers
- 1.Food taken in from the mouth must be broken down by ______ into individual molecules.
- A.
Amino acids
- B.
Hydrochloric acid
- C.
Lactic acid
- 2.Psychologists use the term ‘commitment’ to describe the driving force behind an action or behaviour.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 3.It takes about ______ for nutrients to be broken down and begin entering the bloodstream following a meal.
- A.
Less than an hour
- B.
An hour or more
- C.
More than two hours
- 4.Insulin is a very powerful hormone with a major role in weight control, and it is for this reason it is known as the 'fat hormone'.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.IgG stands for __________.
- A.
Immunoglobulin (type E)
- B.
Immunoglobulin (type G)
- C.
Immunoglobulin (type M)
- 6.The gastrointestinal system is basically a hollow tube approximately 4.5m.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 7.When glucose is obtained from our food, some of it is used as fuel and some is stored in the form of glycogen in the liver as a short-term reservoir of nutrients.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.An antibody is a specialised protein produced by the body’s immune system to fight foreign bodies such as viruses, bacteria and toxins.
- A.
True
- B.
False
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