NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
NUTRITION
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Question
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The study of how your body uses the food you eat is called:
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Biology
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Nutrition
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Zoology
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Botany
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Metabolism. Metabolism is the process your body uses to get or make energy from the food you eat.
Detailed explanation-2: -Human nutrition is the study of how the foods we eat impact on our growth and development, disease risk, and physical performance. Nutrition impacts on the health of individuals and populations, here in New Zealand and worldwide, from birth to old age.
Detailed explanation-3: -Nutrients have one or more of three basic functions: they provide energy, contribute to body structure, and/or regulate chemical processes in the body. These basic functions allow us to detect and respond to environmental surroundings, move, excrete wastes, breathe, grow, and reproduce.
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