Leading causes of death in USA
Heart Disease, Cancer
Diet
usual pattern of food choices
Nutrients
Life-sustaining substances in food
Nutrition
Scientific study of nutrients and how the body uses them
Essential Nutrients
Carbs, lipids, proteins, vitamins, minerals, and water
Energy measure in ___________
Calories
Processed foods are (more/less) nutritous
less
T/F: Malnutrition includes both under and overnutrition
True
in vitro
in test tube
in vivo
in life
cross-over
subjects receive both treatment and placebo
double-blind
researchers are unaware of treatment and placebo group
placebo
fake treatment
variable
factor that is changed to affect outcome
epidemiological
observational
case-control
people affected by a condition are compared to similar individuals who lack the condition
cohort study
measures variables in a large group over an extended period
prospective
looks forward
retrospective
looks back