Exam 11: Diet and Health

Blood cholesterol and the rate of death from heart disease are low when fish, fruits, and vegetables are eaten in abundance and dietary fat consists mostly of which type of fat?

What carries cholesterol away from the cells to the liver for other uses or for disposal?

What percentage of Canadian adults is affected by chronic high blood pressure?

What heart health benefits have been reported with moderate alcohol consumption for middle-aged and older adults?

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a man's disease.

What does DASH stand for?

What is the reason for the formation of plaque that accumulates in artery walls?

What is the name for the deadly cluster of cardiovascular disease (CVD) conditions that includes insulin resistance, high triglycerides, and central obesity?

Trans fatty acids are classified with which of the following types of fats for the purposes of dietary recommendations to decrease the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD)?

A deficiency or toxicity of even a single nutrient can weaken the body's defences considerably.

Degenerative diseases are the only type of diseases that afflict people in developed countries.

Which nutrient toxicity is known to impair immunity?

Most people have well-developed arterial plaques by the time they reach age 20.

No additive scientifically shown to cause cancer is approved for use in Canada.

What is the low risk adult standard for blood pressure?

Which term is defined by Health Canada as "similar in appearance to, or may be, a conventional food that is consumed as part of a usual diet and is demonstrated to have physiological benefits and/or reduce the risk of chronic disease beyond basic nutritional functions"?

Alcohol intake is associated with which cancer?

Using diet as preventive medicine, which food item contains the healthiest fat option?

Which disease is a major independent risk factor for all forms of CVD?

Which immune system change results from protein-energy undernutrition?