Midterm 1 Review

• What Drives Our Food Choices
• Nutrition: the science that studies how nutrients and compounds in foods nourish and affect body functions and health
• Macronutrients
• Micronutrients
• How to get important nutrients
• How Does the Average American Diet Stack Up
• High rates of overweight and obesity
• Nutrition Research and Advice
• Healthy Eating
• Tools to help avoid under- and over-nutrition
• Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs) are specific reference values for each nutrient. They identify the amounts of each nutrient that one needs to consume to maintain good health
• Dietary Guidelines for Americans
• Food Label: tells you what's in the package (To help consumers make informed food choices)
• Body mass index $BMI=\frac{weight (lb) \times 703 }{height squared (in^2)}$
• Healthy weight

Midterm 2 Review

Obesity

• Obesity Management