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Quizbee 2019 nutrition month

Easy
1. It makes up most of your blood and help carry oxygen and food to the cells in your body.
It helps your body get rid of wastes through urine and sweat.

a. minerals b. vitamins Answer: c.Water d. carbohydrates

2. What food nutrient is our body’s main source of energy?

a. minerals b. vitamins c. water Answer: Carbohydrates

3. They are very important for building strong bones.

Answer: Calcium b. iron c. protein c. zinc

4. It is a water-soluble vitamin found in fruits and leafy vegetables and is also called as
ascorbic acid.

a. vitamin A b. Answer: Vitamin C c. vitamin b d. vitamin d

5. A prolonged deficiency of Vitamin C in the diet causes what disease?

Answer: Scurvy b. anorexia c. pellagra d. arrhythmia

6. What is the cheapest source of Vitamin D?

a. sunlight b. banana c. milk d. fish

7. What severe form of child malnutrition is caused by inadequate intake of protein?

a. Pellagra b. Alzheimers c.Answer: Kwashiorkor d. arrhythmia

8.It refers to the food that a person usually consumes.

a. meals b. food c. fruits d.Answer: Diet

9. Any substance that nourishes a person to enable him to live and grow.

a. meals answer b. food c. fruits d.Answer: Diet


10. These are the “building blocks” of protein which is an integral part of all body tissues
especially muscle.

a. proteinsynthesis b. amino acids c. minerals d. vitamins

11. It is the enlargement of the thyroid gland appearing as a swelling of the front of the
neck.

a. bradycardia b. kwashiorkor c. goiter d. neck cancer

12. These are the building blocks of fats and oils.

a. amino acids b. minerals c. fatty acids d. carbohydrates

13. It is the main carbohydrate in milk.

a. maltose b. lactose c. glucose d. sugar

14. ______ is a chronic disease characterized by excessively high body fat in relation to
lean body tissue.

a. malnourished b. obesity c. wasted d. hypothermia

15. These are organic, essential nutrients required only in small amounts.

a. amino acids b. minerals c. fats d. vitamins

AVERAGE

1. It is the breaking down of foodstuffs in the body into a form that can be absorbed and
used or excreted.

a. respiration b. ingestion c. digestion d. eating

2. What nutrient is needed as the main structural component of the body?

a. vit and minerals b. protein c. fats and oils d. carbohydrates

3. Who was the Philippine President who declared July as a month of nutrition?
a. Cory Aquino b. Ejercito Estrada c. Ferdinand marcos d. Rodrigo Duterte

4. This is often marketed as “superfruits” being rich in vitamins A and C.

a. apple b. banana c. citrus d. guava

5. _______ is a thiamine-deficiency disease.

a. beri-beri b. goiter c. kwashiorkor d. scurvy

6. Malunggay have different parts. One of these is the fruit/seed. For what is the use of this
fruit/seed?

a. Arthritis c. Wounds

b. Stomach Ache d. Leukemia

Answer: a. Arthritis

7. A person who stores too much sugar in the body may suffer from ___________.

a. cancer b. UTI c. diabetes d. meningitis

8. What is the stable food of Filipinos that is served every meal?

a. bread b. monggo c. vegetables d. rice

9. What is the act establishing the Philippine Food Fortification Program?

a. R.A 8976 b. R.A 9876 c. R.A 7689 d. R.A 9786

10. What group of foods builds and repairs worn-out tissues?

a. go foods b. grow foods c. glow foods d. all of the above

DIFFICULT

1. It is a standardized ratio of weight to height. Answer: Body Mass Index (BMI)


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

3. _______ 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. Ans.
antibody

4. It is a lack of adequate fluids in the body.-Dehydration

5. The theme of this year’s nutrition month celebration.” Wastong nutrisyon maging
aktibo, push nation to”

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