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Nutrition Diseases
Ch.1-7 Diseases
Question | Answer |
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Chronic disease NOT strongly associated with dietary choices | Alzheimer's disease |
Genetic disorder that prevents the breakdown of the amino acid phenylalanine | Phenylketonuria |
Cause of Diverticulitis? | Not enough fiber |
Atherosclerosis | Disease which arterial walls accumulate deposits of lipids and scar tissue that build up to such a degree that they impair blood flow. |
Disease that the blood vessels supplying the heart become blocked/constricted. Reduces the flow of blood and the oxygen/nutrients it carries | coronary heart disease aka coronary artery disease |
Disease that is caused by a blockage of one of the blood vessels supplying the BRAIN (cerebral arteries) | Stroke aka cerebrovascular disease |