Dietary Considerations and Food Quality 

Chapter 9


Assessment

I. Solve this Nutrition Puzzle

 Horizontal

1. Which nutrient is the main source of energy for sport person?

2. This is one of the factors affecting meal planning.

3. The practice of adding unwanted material in food.

4. Emissions of intense energy capable of penetrating tissues.

 Vertical

1. In India this authority certifies foods for safe consumption.

2. Milk and meat help to build the body because these contain this nutrient.

3. This branch of study deals with food composition and its effect on the body

4. Which compounds are used for food crops but can be injurious to

health?





II. Answer the following Questions

1. ‘Without dietary planning it is difficult to meet the requirements

of people’ — discuss this statement giving suitable reasons and

examples.

2. In a group there is a male teacher, a female doctor, a 15-year-old

girl playing tennis and a man aged 68 years. List the factors that

will be applicable for dietary planning of this group.

3. What kind of diet do sportspersons need? Substantiate your

answer giving reasons.

4. Write notes on

 a) Food quality

 b) Food preservation methods

5. ‘Even the most nutritious food may not be safe to eat if adulterated’ discuss the statement giving cases/examples in the light of what you know about food adulteration?

6. Suggest a method to detect:

 a) Metanil yellow adulteration in arhar dal

 b) Papaya seeds adulteration in peppercorns

7. What are the various ways of protection from harmful effects of pesticides?

8. Which of the following is food adulteration?

 a) Adding a preservative

 b) Abstraction of a constituent of food article

 c) Using a food color

 d) Splitting of a food article in small pieces

9. Match the following

a) Turmeric (i) Caution

b) Microbial load (ii) Anti inflammatory

 c) Pesticides (iii) Shelf life

 d) Semi-perishable (iv) Food Quality

10. Discuss the classification of food based on shelf life. Take an example of a semi-perishable food and explain various methods of increasing its shelf life.


Questions Type : Himashree Bora.

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