1. The food that we eat is converted to _____. A. Protein B. Sugar C. Energy B.

You wouldn't have any energy at all

2. You can lose weight if you eat less _____. A. Calories B. Vegetables C. Meat C. You would feel really thirsty all the time
3. Food that we eat is processed by our body as one of these three things. D. You would become overweight
A. Fats, Sugars and Carbohydrates 4. Osteoporosis is a disorder that can be caused
B. Proteins, Carbohydrates and Meats by not consuming enough calcium. What can you
C. Fats, Proteins and Carbohydrates infer about osteoporosis?
4. Fats are in meat and food cooked with _____. A. Oil B. Water C. Sugar A. It affects the nervous system
5. Protein is in meat, eggs, beans and _____. A. Fruit B. Sugar C. Cheese B. It affects the skin
6. Carbohydrates are in vegetables, fruit, sugar and ________. A. Bread B. Beans C. Butter C. It affects the stomach
7. If you are overweight you might get these health problems. D. It affects the bones
A. High blood pressure, headaches and diabetes 5. Which of these performs the same function as
B. Low blood pressure, heart disease and diarrhea. gasoline in a car?
C. High blood pressure, heart disease, or diabetes A. Water
8. Food labels tell us how many grams of _____ are in this food. B. Protein
A. Fat, Protein and Carbohydrates C. Carbohydrates
B. Fat, Meat and Cheese D. Fats
C. Fat, Butter and Eggs 6. What do all heterotrophs have in common?
9. The label also tells how much _______ and _______ is in this food. A. Their diets must include meat
A. Salt and Pepper B. They must drink at least one liter of water each day
B. Sugar and Salt to survive
C. Sugar and Pepper C. They must consume nutrients to survive
10. Labels also tell how many calories are in each ______ . D. They must breathe oxygen to survive
A. Carbohydrate B. Package C. Serving 7. Skim milk is better for you than whole milk. What
can you infer about skim milk?
1. In the phrase, "Unhealthy diets often contain A. It's low in fat
disproportionate amounts of carbohydrates," what B. It's high in calories
does "disproportionate" mean? C. It's high in protein
A. Dangerous D. It's low in fiber
B. Unbalanced 8. Which is the healthiest type of meat?
C. Nutritious A. Red meat
D. Perfect B. Brown meat
2. Which of the following is the healthiest type of C. Raw meat
carbohydrate? D. Lean meat
A. Bread made with white flour 9. What does it mean that the blue portion of the
B. Rice made with whole grains plate is rather small?
C. Cereal made with refined grains A. Vegetables should be eaten in abundance
D. White rice B. You shouldn't consume all that much dairy
3. What might happen if you didn't consume C. You should consume a non-fat diet
enough protein? D. Fruits are a poor source of nutrients
A. Your body wouldn't be able to build muscle mass 10. What's an example of consuming candy in
moderation? A. Meat Group
A. Eating a candy bar every day B. fats,oils and sweets
B. Eating a candy bar once a week C. breads and cereals
C. Avoiding candy bars at all costs D. milk and cheese
D. Eating candy bars whenever they're available 2. Which of these is NOT considered a nutrient?
A. vitamins
B. minerals
1. Which of the following is a simple carbohydrate? C. fiber
A.Grains D. fats
B.Bran E. Don't know
3. Which of these is added to the food label because people sometimes don't eat
C.Jam ENOUGH of this?
D.Vegetables A. fat
B. calcium
2, Which of the following are water soluble vitamins? C. sodium
A.A & D D. cholesterol
B.D & E E. Don't know
C.K & E 4. Which of these is required on the food label?
D.B & C A. total carbohydrate
B. sugars
What is the primary function of carbohydrate in the diet? C. iron
A.To supply energy D. all of the above
B.To allow for enzyme action E. Don't know
C.To absorb vitamins 5. The bread, cereal, rice and pasta group is a good source of _______?
D.To promote repair of tissues A. carbohydrate
How can saturated fats be identified? B. vitamin C
A.They are yellow in colour C. calcium
B.They are white in colour D. vitamin D
C.They are solid at room tempertaure E. Don't know
D.They are liquid at room temperature 6. Citrus fruits are an excellent source of _______?
Which of the following is a possible consequence of eating a low protein diet? A. calcium
A.Decreased potential to store body fat B. vitamin c
B.Increased uptake of minerals C. vitamin B
C.Decreased muscle growth and repair D. calories
D.Increased potential for glycogen storage E. Don't know
Which of the following is important for bile production? 7. Foods from the meat, poultry, fish dry beans, eggs and nuts group are an
A.Calcium important source of ________?
B.Glucose A. iron
C.Cholesterol B. fiber
D.Water C. beta carotene
D. calcium
1. This food group is our body's best source of energy? E. Don't know
8. Which food contains the most fat? 6. An irregularity in the rhythm of the heartbeat is referred to as what?
A. graham crackers
B. brownies Answer: Arrhythmia
C. pudding
7. It is a water-soluble vitamin found in fruits and leafy vegetables and is also called as
D. angel food cake
ascorbic acid.
E. Don't know
9. The milk, cheese & yogurt group are important for ________? Answer: Vitamin C
A. strong bones
B. teeth 8. A prolonged deficiency of Vitamin C in the diet causes what disease?
C. muscles
D. all of the above Answer: Scurvy
E. Don't know
10. How many servings of vegetables do we need each day? 9. What is the theme for this year’s Nutrition Month Celebration?
A. 6-11
Answer: Gutom at Malnutrisyon, Sama-sama nating Wakasan
B. 2-3
C. 3-5 10. What is the protein food found in milk?
D. 1-2
E. Don't know Answer: Casein

 NUTRI-QUIZ REVIEWER 11. What is the cheapest source of Vitamin D?

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NUTRI-QUIZ QUESTIONS Answer: Sunlight/Morning Sunshine

1. It makes up most of your blood and help carry oxygen and food to the cells in your body. It 12. What is the scientific name of guava?
helps your body get rid of wastes through urine and sweat.
Answer: Psidium guajava
Answer: Water
13. The package of simple ready-to-cook foods designed as a supplement to the usual diet of
2. What food nutrient is our body’s main source of energy? the child is called what?

Answer: Carbohydrates Answer: Nutri-Pak

3. They are very important for building strong bones. 14. What severe form of child malnutrition is caused by inadequate intake of protein?

Answer: Calcium Answer: Kwashiorkor

4. It is a degenerative brain disorder that causes a gradual and irreversible decline in memory 15. It refers to the food that a person usually consumes.
and eventually, the ability to care for oneself.
Answer: Diet
Answer: Alzheimer’s disease
16. This vitamin is extracted from liver which is essential for red blood cell formation.
5. It is a dietary-deficiency disease resulting from inadequate intake of niacin.
Answer: Vitamin B12/Cyanocobalamin
Answer: Pellagra
17. It is a relapse or recurrence of an illness or disease. Answer: Goiter

Answer: Palindromia 28. It helps prevent goiter.

18. It is the scientific regulation of diet in treating disease. Answer: Iodine

Answer: Dietotherapy 29. This refers to the ease with which nutrients, particularly minerals, can be absorbed from
the digestive tract and utilized by the body.
19. Any substance that nourishes a person to enable him to live and grow.
Answer: Bio-availability/Bioavailability
Answer: Food
30. ___________ is a term to describe minerals that are attached to other molecules such as
20. It is a condition characterized by sleepiness, indifference, and lack of energy. proteins or carbohydrates and used to improve the bio-availability of minerals.

Answer: Lethargy Answer: Chelates

21. ____________ is a metabolism of fat. 31. These are the building blocks of fats and oils.

Answer: Lipometabolism Answer: Fatty Acids

22. _____________ is caused by lack of calories or inadequate amount of food. 32. It refers to the study of measurement of the physical characteristics of the body such as
height and weight.
Answer: Marasmus
Answer: Anthropometry
23. It is a type of cancer of the blood characterized by an abnormal increase of immature
white blood cells called “blasts“. 33. It is the pressure of the blood on the walls of the arteries.

Answer: Leukemia or Leukaemia Answer: Blood Pressure

24. The slowness of heart rate is referred to as what? 34. _________ is the rate of energy used for metabolism when the body is at complete rest.

Answer: Bradycardia Answer: Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)

25. The first secretion from the mother’s breast is rich in antibodies and minerals. This is 35. It is an eating disorder characterized by binge eating, sometimes followed by vomiting or
produced after giving birth and before the production of true milk. It provides newborns with purging.
immunity to infections.
Answer: Bulimia
Answer: Colostrum
36. What is the natural stimulant found in coffee, tea, and chocolate?
26. These are the “building blocks” of protein which is an integral part of all body tissues
especially muscle. Answer: Caffeine

Answer: Amino Acids 37. It is the unit of heat and the measurement of energy.

27. It is the enlargement of the thyroid gland appearing as a swelling of the front of the neck. Answer: Calorie
38. ___________ is a monosaccharide, sometimes known as blood sugar. 48. It is a lack of adequate fluids in the body.

Answer: Glucose Answer: Dehydration

39. It is the main carbohydrate in milk. 49. It is a deficiency in blood where iron level intake is too low.

Answer: Lactose Answer: Anemia or Anaemia

40. These refers to the substances obtained from food and used in the body to provide 50. These are foods that are supplemented with essential nutrients in quantities greater than
energy and structural materials and to regulate growth, maintenance and repair of the body’s already present.
tissue.
Answer: Fortified Foods
Answer: Nutrients
51. How do you call a healthcare professional with training in nutrition and diet planning?
41. __________ is a chronic disease characterized by excessively high body fat in relation to
lean body tissue. Answer: Dietician/Dietitian

Answer: Obesity 52. _______ is the science that deals with foods and their effects on health.

42. It is an excess of body weight that includes fat, bone, and muscle. Answer: Nutrition

Answer: Overweight 53. ________ is a drug or remedy used for treating illness.

43. What is the general term for the people who exclude meat, poultry, fish, or other animal- Answer: Medicine
derived foods from their diets?
54. It is a lack of healthy foods in the diet, or an excessive intake of unhealthy foods, leading
Answer: Vegetarians to physical harm.

44. These are organic, essential nutrients required only in small amounts. Answer: Malnutrition

Answer: Vitamins 55. What is the best way to determine the nutritional status of an individual?

45. ________ is a guideline for the amount of energy and selected nutrients considered Answer: Weighing
adequate to meet the nutrient needs of practically all healthy people.
56. What substance are nails made of?
Answer: Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA)
Answer: Keratin
46. It is the breaking down of foodstuffs in the body into a form that can be absorbed and
used or excreted. 57. Dairy products are generally made from what common liquid?

Answer: Digestion Answer: Milk

47. It is the state of being healthy and fit, gaining all nutrients. 58. He is a Polish-American chemist considered as the “Father of Vitamin Therapy” and was
the first to coin the term “vitamin” as vital factors in the diet.
Answer: Wellness
Answer: Casimir Funk
59. It is the only sugar manufactured my mammals. Answer: Avocado

Answer: Lactose 71. Who was the Philippine President who declared July as a month of nutrition?

60. Axerophthol is the same as what vitamin? Answer: Ferdinand Marcos

Answer: Vitamin A 72. This is often marketed as “superfruits” being rich in vitamins A and C.

61. It is a malignant growth of cells. Answer: Guava

Answer: Cancer 73. It is an agency of the Philippine government under the Department of Health responsible
for creating a conducive policy environment for national and local nutrition planning,
62. Cardiopathy is known to be as what sort of disease? implementation, monitoring and evaluation, and surveillance using state-of the art technology
and approaches.
Answer: Heart Disease
Answer: National Nutrition Council (NNC)
63. It is a disease caused by a deficiency of Vitamin D.
74. It is a medical condition in which the eye fails to produce tears caused by a deficiency in
Answer: Rickets vitamin A.

64. What vitamin is a viosterol? Answer: Xerophthalmia

Answer: Vitamin D2 75. He is referred to as the “Father of Medicine”.

65. What nutrient is needed as the main structural component of the body? Answer: Hippocrates

Answer: Protein 76. _______ is a thiamine-deficiency disease.

66. What vitamin helps in blood clotting and is known as naphthoquinone? Answer: Beriberi

Answer: Vitamin K 77. What Presidential Decree, known as the “Nutrition Act of the Philippines” which created
the National Nutrition Council (NNC) as the highest policy-making on nutrition, was
67. What vitamin is needed for a healthy immune system and strong connective tissue? promulgated on 1974?

Answer: Vitamin C/Ascorbic Acid Answer: P.D. 491

68. It is also known as tocopherol and is necessary for normal reproduction. 78. What Executive Order, which named the Department of Health as the chair of the NNC?

Answer: Vitamin E Answer: Executive Order No. 472

69. What is the cheapest source of iodine in our household? 79. What is the process of removing harmful pathogens from various types of food.

Answer: Iodized salt Answer: Pasteurization/Pasteurisation

70. What fruit is an alligator pear? 80. It protects the child from measles and is given only once as early as nine months.
 90. What is the medical term for the inflammation of the protective membranes covering the
Answer: Measles Vaccine brain and spinal cord, known collectively as the meninges?

81. It protects the unborn child from the tetanus and is given to the mother twice. Answer: Meningitis

Answer: Tetanus Toxoid 91. ____________ is a great toe displacement toward other toes.

82. It is the current vaccine for tuberculosis. Answer: Hallux varus

Answer: Bacillus Calmette Guerin (BCG) 92. This disease happens when the flow of oxygen-rich blood to a section of heart muscle
suddenly becomes blocked and the heart can’t get oxygen.
83. What is the substance found in colostrum that fights against infection and creates
antibodies that stimulates immunity? Answer: Heart Attack

Answer: Immunoglobulin 93. It is a part of the vitamin B complex, which is vital for red blood cells, and thus used in the
treatment of pernicious and macrocytic anemia and gastrointestinal disorders.
84. ________ is a hidden hunger.
Answer: Folic Acid / Folacin / Folate / vitamin M / vitamin B9 / vitamin Bc
Answer: Malnutrition
94. _________ means hernia of the stomach.
85. It is also called “Night Blindness” and is a poor vision in relatively low light.
Answer: Gastrocele
Answer: Nyctalopia 95. _________ is any illness resulting from the consumption of contaminated food or foods
which contain poisonous substances.
86. Malunggay have different parts. One of these is the fruit/seed. For what is the use of this
fruit/seed? Answer: Foodborne Illness / Foodborne Disease / Food Poisoning

a. Arthritis c. Wounds 96. What is the stable food of Filipinos that is served every meal?

b. Stomach Ache d. Leukemia Answer: Rice

Answer: a. Arthritis 97. When protein reaches the intestines for it to be digested, in what unit is it broken?

87. _________ is slowness in eating. Answer: Amino Acid

Answer: Bradyphagia 98. It is a statement or information on food labels indicating the nutrient(s) and the quantity of
said nutrient found or added in the processed foods or food products.
88. A person who stores too much sugar in the body may suffer from ___________.
Answer: Nutrition Facts
Answer: Diabetes
99. ________ is the addition of nutrients to processed foods or food products at levels above
89. Who discovered the vitamin D and the role of the vitamin in preventing rickets? the natural state.

Answer: Edward Mellanby Answer: Fortification / Food Fortification

100. This is a strategy to encourage food manufacturers to fortify processed foods or food Answer: Insulin
products with essential nutrients at levels approved by the Department of Health (DOH).
110. __________ are portions and types of foods and beverages consumed on a regular
Answer: Sangkap Pinoy Seal Program basis.

101. It is the process of introducing vaccine into the body to stimulate the formation of Answer: Diet
antibodies which fight germs that cause diseases.
111. It is a standardized ratio of weight to height.
Answer: Immunization
Answer: Body Mass Index (BMI)
102. What do you call the medical condition in which a person’s spine is curved from side to
side? 112. In what part of the body does digestion begin?

Answer: Scoliosis Answer: Mouth

103. What is the act establishing the Philippine Food Fortification Program? 113. What group of foods builds and repairs worn-out tissues?

Answer: R.A. 8976 Answer: Grow Foods

104. This results from a disproportion among essential nutrients with or without the absolute 114. In what year was it discovered that citrus fruit juices aided in the treatment of scurvy,
deficiency of any nutrients. now known as vitamin C deficiency disease?

Answer: Imbalance Answer: 1720

105. What is the other name for vetsin, which we usually used in cooking that give flavor to 115. What basic food group provides the body with heat and energy?
the foods we eat?
Answer: Energy-Giving Foods (Go Foods)
Answer: Monosodium glutamate / Sodium glutamate
116. It is a deficiency of calcium in elderly.
106. ________ is a substance formed by protein in the blood that is used by the immune
system to identify and neutralize foreign objects such as bacteria and viruses. Answer: Osteoporosis

Answer: Antibody 117. What is the poor man’s meat?

107. It is the removal of mineral or calcium ions from the bone or other calcified tissue to Answer: Monggo (English Terms: Mung Bean / Moong Bean / Lentil / Legume / Mung Pea)
make them flexible and easy for pathological investigation.
118. What vitamin do we get from yellow foods?
Answer: Decalcification
Answer: Vitamin A
108. These are smaller amounts of vitamins or minerals consumed.
119. What mineral makes our teeth harder?
Answer: Micronutrients
Answer: Calcium, Iron, Phosphorus
109. What hormone is produced in the pancreas that regulates the metabolism of glucose?
[The lack of this hormone causes diabetes.] 120. What are the water-soluble vitamins?
Answer: Vitamin C and Vitamins B complex
132. ___________ is an excess body fat.
121. What vitamin helps in preventing hemorrhage and known as bandage vitamin?
Answer: Obesity
Answer: Vitamin K
133. How many calories are there in a pound?
122. What do you call the thrombocytes that are tiny colorless disk-shaped and plays an
important part in the clotting process? Answer: 3,500 calories

Answer: Platelets 134. It is an eating disorder characterized by an irrational fear of becoming obese.

123. What do you call the cholesterol that comes from food? Answer: Anorexia nervosa

Answer: Dietary Cholesterol 135. It refers to the eating of large amounts of starches on days leading up to athletic
competition.
124. What do you call the cholesterol that circulates in your blood?
Answer: Carbohydrate Loading
Answer: Serum Cholesterol/Blood Cholesterol
136. It is when the body’s immune system overreacts to food substances.
125. What is the body’s most essential nutrient?
Answer: Food Allergy
Answer: Water
137. ___________ is using a medicine in a way that is not intended.
126. What are the fat-soluble vitamins?
Answer: Medicine misuse
Answer: Vitamins A, D, E, and K
138. It is the ability to be physically active.
127. It must accompany smart eating for weight control.
Answer: Physical Fitness
Answer: Regular Exercise
139. Of the existing 22 amino acids, how many are considered to be essential in the diet?
128. _______ is a guideline for helping people choose a varied, balanced, and moderate diet.
Answer: 9 amino acids
Answer: Daily Food Guide
140. What are the complex carbohydrates?
129. It is a fatlike substance found only in animal sources of food.
Answer: Starches
Answer: Cholesterol
141. What mineral helps build red blood cells?
130. What is the governmental agency responsible for food labels?
Answer: Iron
Answer: Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
142. It is a fat-soluble vitamin that enhances the absorption of calcium and therefore aids in
131. These are the substances added for a specific effect. the formation and maintenance of bones and teeth.

Answer: Additives Answer: Vitamin D

143. What are the simple carbohydrates?

Answer: Sugars

144. What is the primary role of carbohydrates in the body?

Answer: To provide energy

145. ____________ is the sole source of energy used by the brain.

Answer: Glucose

146. It is a B vitamin that is a factor in energy metabolism and supports normal vision and
skin health.

Answer: Vitamin B2 or Riboflavin

147. ___________ is an excessively rapid heartbeat.

Answer: Tachycardia

148. It is a bad breath.

Answer: Halitosis

149. ____________ is a condition in which a person can no longer control his or her need or
desire for a drug.

Answer: Drug Addiction

150. It is any chemical or agent that causes cancer.

Answer: Carcinogen