Vignette #1 You and your friend Karen are having lunch out and you order an iced tea. Karen sees you reach for the pink packet of Sweet ’N Low, stops your hand, and says, “Don’t you know that stuff is bad for you? I read that it causes cancer, and I also know people who say that Equal, another nonnutritive sweetener, gives them headaches.” As your conversation continues, let’s show Karen how well informed you are concerning nonnutritive sweeteners by answering the following questions: The chemical name for the nonnutritive sweetener in the pink packet is _____, which the chemical name for the nonnutritive sweetener in the blue packet is ______.

Caffeine consumption is known to cause _________.

Limiting fat intake to 20 to 30 percent of total calories is recommended to reduce the risk of ____.

Eating too many foods with added sugars usually means getting too many ____.

The enzyme lipoprotein lipase (LPL) ____.

The physiological need for food is also known as _______.

All of the following are important functions of fat in the body except to _________.

What factor plays the greatest role in the increase of type 2 diabetes in children and adolescents?

Americans are urged to eat fish at least _____ a week due to its high content of ____.

According to the Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI), ____ to ____ percent of the calories in a balanced diet come from fat.