Exam 29: Food and Health

People with binge-eating disorder use offsetting behaviors such as purging,excessive exercise,or fasting.

The majority of children stop being allergic to foods early in childhood.

Overall,randomized controlled clinical trials provided evidence that dietary antioxidant supplements are beneficial in primary cancer prevention.

_____ is a disorder of metabolism,or the way the body uses digested food for growth and energy.

The U.S.Food and Drug Administration (FDA)regulates herbal and other dietary supplements in the same way it does conventional medicines.

Food acts as medicine to maintain health,as well as prevent and treat disease.

Phytochemicals are _____.

_____ are highly reactive chemicals that have the potential to harm cells.

_____ is a condition that occurs when a person has problems from small pouches or sacs that have formed and pushed outward through weak spots in the colon wall.

Dental caries is caused by the action of acids on the enamel surface.

_____ is an abnormal response to a food triggered by the body's immune system.

A _____ is a food or part of a food that allegedly provides medicinal or health benefits,including the prevention and treatment of disease.

Free radicals are highly reactive chemicals that have the potential to harm cells.

Gestational diabetes is usually first diagnosed in children,teenagers,and young adults.

Plant sources that are rich in MUFAs (monosaturated fatty acids)include _____.

Foods that contain large amounts of fats and proteins cause a great deal of gas in the digestive tract.

Tooth decay is a major oral health problem in most industrialized countries,affecting _____ of schoolchildren.

Phytochemicals are another name for vitamins.

_____ of people in the United States get an H.pylori infection at some point in their lives.

The most common symptom of GERD is _____