Calorie Quest



Online Calorie Quest

1) How many Calories does 1 gram of each of the following yield?

a. Carbohydrates

b. Protein

c. Fat

2) A sugar molecule like maltose with the formula C12H22O11 has about the same amount of energy as a fatty acid with the formula C12H24O2. Why don’t they have the same amount of energy per gram? Explain your answer showing some Math.

3) What is the recommended daily allowance “RDA” for total Calories per day? This is from the Food and Drug Administration and also called Daily Value.

4) What is the maximum recommended Calories from Fat in a day?

5) If a person were living in a cold weather environment, how would that effect their minimum daily calorie requirement? Explain why.

6) A nutritional disease called Marasmus is not common in the US, but it can be seen in large numbers in other countries.

a. What is it?

b. Who is most likely to suffer from it? And how common is it?

7) A similar but different disease is called Kwashiorkor.

a. What is it?

b. Explain why children with Kwashiorkor have very thin arms and legs, and a “pot belly”

8) According to the WHO (World Health Organization) approximately how many children under 5 die from undernutrition diseases?

9) On the opposite side of malnutrition is obesity. Why is obesity a growing problem in the US and other developed nations?

10) The Food pyramid was not invented in the US.

Who invented it, when and why?

How did it differ from the USDA food guides?

11)In 1992 The USDA released an official food pyramid. Why?

11) In 2005 The USDA changed it from the food pyramid to “MyPyramid”

Why? What differences did they emphasize?

12) What is the current USDA food guide? How is it different from “MyPyramid?”

What is the reason for the new program, and what are the major differences from the pyramids?

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