Nutrition homework – Wiki module 1
Answer the following questions:
Concept 2: What is nutrition
1. What are the essential nutrients and why do you need them?
Concept 3: Nutrition Claims: Sorting Fact from Fiction
2. What is observational research?
Concept 4: Tools for Healthy Eating
3. What are the Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI) and what do they consist of? (be sure to explain both clearly)
Concept 5: Food labels: Cracking the Code
4. There are three types of health claims: (1) authorized health claims, (2) health claims based on authoritative statements, and (3) qualified health claims.
Define each of these claims, explain the differences between them, and provide an example of each.