Food Pyramid
Nutrition
Nutrients
Miscellaneous
100

What percentage of our daily calories should come from fat?

What is 20-35%?

100

What are the six classes of nutrients?

What are carbs, proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals, and water?

100

These types of nutrients must be obtained from food sources.

What are essential nutrients?

100
True or False: All calories beyond what the body needs to survive is stored as fat.
What is false. Some of those calories are stored in the body as glycogen (muscle fuel). So if you are exercising and using up that fuel it is less likely to be stored as fat.
200

This is a food group plan that builds a diet from categories of food simiar in vitamin and mineral content.

What is USDA food pattern?

200

These two nutrients are inorganic.

What are minerals and water?

200

This is an example of a whole food.

What are seafood, fruit, poultry?

200

Which of the following would be a better nutritional choice? A. apple pie B. apple

What is apple? It is nutrient dense and has fiber.

300

This percentage of the population is known to have metabolic syndrome.

What is 32%

300

Legumes are a good source of what nutrient?
A. Carbohydrates B. Protein C. Minerals D. Vitamins

What is protein?

300

Give one example of an ultra-processed food.

What are chicken nuggets?

300
True or False: Organic Nutrients contain carbon. 

What is true?

400
These are the three types of monosaccharides.

What are glucose, fructose, and galactose?

400

How many kilocalories are in one gram of protein?

What are 4kcal/gram?

400

These are some factors that influence our food choices.

What are preference, habit, associations, ethnic heritage, values, social interaction, emotional state, age, occupation, medical conditions?

400

Which of the following does NOT provide energy to the body?
a. protein
b. carbohydrates
c. vitamins
d. fats

What is C. Vitamins provide nutrients to the body, but not energy.

500
This body system uses glucose almost exclusively to function at its highest capabilities.

What is the brain and nervous system?

500

This is a level below normal (nutrient wise) that can lead to severe symptoms.

What is nutrient deficiency?

500

Give three reasons why your body needs water.

What is moistens tissues, protects organs and tissues, prevents constipation, helps dissolve minerals and nutrients for the body, regulates body temperature, lubricates joints, helps flush wastes from liver and kidneys, and carries nutrients and oxygen to cells

500

Tolerable Upper Intake Levels (UL) represent the highest level of daily nutrient intake that is likely to pose no risk of adverse health effects.  a. True b. False 

What is a. True.

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