| A | B |
|---|
| nutrition | science of foods |
| diet | all things consumed |
| functional foods | foods modified to provide a health benefit |
| nutrients | chemical substances derived from foods |
| inorganic | not containing carbon |
| organic | substance containing carbon |
| essential nutrients | needed from food |
| phytochemicals | non-nutrients in plants |
| energy-yielding nutrients | provide kilocalories |
| energy | capacity to do work |
| Calorie | unit of energy measurement |
| metabolism | sum total of all chemical reactions |
| vitamins | organic nutrients |
| minerals | inorganic elements |
| dietary reference intakes | "new" recommendations |
| estimated average requirements | amount needed by 50% of population |
| requirement | lowest intake needed to maintain adequacy |
| recommended dietary allowances | met needs of 98% of population |
| adequate intake | average amount required to meet sufficiency |
| tolerable upper intake level | maximum amount considered safe |
| malnutrition | excess or deficiency of nutrients |
| undernutrition | deficiency in diet |
| overnutrition | excess in diet |
| nutrition assessment | method of determining nutrition status |
| anthropometric | body measurements |
| Healthy People 2010 | America's health goals |
| overt | easily observable |
| primary deficiency | inadequate intake |
| secondary deficiency | inadequate absorption or disease related |
| subclinical deficiency | before the symptoms start |
| food consumption survey | type of epidemiological study |
| nutrition status survey | a study of consumption patterns |
| chronic disease | degenerative disease |
| risk factor | lifestyle associated with disease |
| blind experiment | subjects do not know groupings |
| control group | does not receive treatment |
| correlation | two factors that change in relation to one another |
| double-blind experiement | neither researchers nor subjects know groupings |
| experimental group | receives treatment |
| peer review | evaluation of research design |
| placebo | resembles treatment |
| placebo effect | exhibiting results despite not receiving treatment |
| randomization | without bias |
| replication | ability to repeat results |
| subjects | participants in research |
| validity | based on facts or evidence |
| variable | a factor that changes |
