Key Words
My Pyramid
Nutrition Myths
Food Equivalents
Portion Size Me & Nutrition Labels
100
The definition of nutrition.
What is the science that studies food and how it nourishes bodies and affects health?
100
The food groups and their corresponding colors on the pyramid.
What is grains=orange, vegetables=green, fruits=red, milk=blue, meat and beans=purple, fats and oils=yellow?
100
The fact that goes with the following myth: certain foods make you gain weight easier than others.
What is every calorie causes the same weight gain. A calorie is a calorie?
100
The equivalent to a small computer mouse.
What is 1/2 cup of cooked pasta?
100
The 3 nutrients that should be limited.
What are fat, cholesterol, and sodium?
200
The definition of this word is: eating approximately the same number of calories as your body uses.
What is energy balance?
200
The reason there is a man walking up stairs on the pyramid.
What is exercise is important to overall health?
200
How you know a source is reliable.
What is it has been reviewed by experts in the health and nutrition field?
200
The average sized fist is an equivalent to this.
What is 1 cup raw vegetables?
200
The assignment given to the two university students in the portion size me video.
What is to only eat fast food for 30 days, and remain healthy?
300
The definition of moderation.
What is every once in a while and in reasonable amounts?
300
The guideline for meats and beans.
What is go lean with protein?
300
The fact that corrects the following myth: about 40% of your calories should come from fats that you eat.
What is you should not consume more than 25-35% of your calories from fat?
300
A baseball is equivalent to this.
What is 1 small apple?
300
The way ingredients are listed on a food label.
What is in decreasing order of weight?
400
A document created by top scientists and health experts that provides advice to promote health and reduce risk for major diseases by eating well and getting enough physical activity.
What is the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005?
400
The amount of exercise a teenager needs in a week.
What is 60minutes of moderate exercise on most or all days of the week?
400
The fact that corrects the following myth: if you quit salting your food, your diet will be low in sodium.
What is 75% of the salt you consume comes from prepackaged, or processed foods. Not salting your food is not enough to have a low sodium diet?
400
An 8 oz. yogurt container is equivalent to this.
What is 1 cup of milk?
400
The amount of their food dollar that Americans spend away from home.
What is 50%?
500
The definition of Nutrient-Rich.
What is foods and beverages that have more nutrients and fewer calories (fat and added sugar).
500
The reason the food pyramid was changed so that all food groups span the base to the top of the pyramid.
What is every food group has good substances and not so good substances in them. The foods at the bottom of each band are healthier and need to be eaten more often. The foods at the top of the band are less healthy, so they should be eaten less often?
500
The 9 Dietary Guideline for Americans 2005.
What is 1. Adequate nutrition within calorie needs, 2. Weight management, 3. Physical activity, 4. Food groups to encourage, 5. Fats, 6. Carbohydrates, 7. Sodium and Potassium, 8. Alcoholic beverages, 9. Food safety?
500
A deck of cards is equivalent to this.
What is 2-3 oz. of meat, poultry, or fish?
500
The 4 nutrients that you need to be sure to get enough of.
What are Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Calcium, Iron?
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