Many fast food restaurants offer healthier food choices. True or False?
This is a healthier alternative to french fries.
What is True?
What is baked potato or salad?
100
Eating more fruits, vegetables, and whole grains can help you prevent this disease.
In addition to eating healthy foods, we need to do this to keep our bodies healthy.
What is cancer?
What is exercise?
100
This food group has bread, rice, and pasta products and provides your body with energy.
Pop, candy, and chips are part of what food group?
What is the Grain Products group?
They are not part of any of the food groups.
100
This is the best way to get the vitamins and minerals your body needs.
Milk is the best dietary source of this mineral.
What is eating?
What is Calcium?
100
One of the main types of nutrients; they are the most important source of energy for your body. Your digestive system changes this into glucose (blood sugar).
What are Carbohydrates?
200
This is a healthy beverage alternative to pop and is available at most fast food restaurants.
This practice of offering extra large portions has increased the calories provided by restaurant food over the past two decades.
What is Milk, or 100% Fruit Juice?
What is Super-Sizing?
200
This is the most common cause of death in North America.
The blood sugar levels are controlled by diet and/or insulin in this disease.
What is Heart Disease?
What is Diabetes?
200
This food group provides your body with rich sources of protein.
We are encouraged to eat 4-10 servings per day of this food group.
What is the Meat and Alternatives group?
What is Vegetables and Fruit group?
200
What vitamin and what mineral are especially important in bone strength?
Where can you find Vitamin C?
What is Vitamin D and Calcium?
What are Fruits and Vegetables?
200
A sweet-flavored substance used as food.
What is sugar?
300
Fast food often contains high amounts of Calories, Fat and_____?
What is Sodium (salt)?
300
If your body cannot digest this sugar in milk, you have this intolerance.
This type of fat is produced by a process called hydrogenation and it is associated
with increased risk of heart disease.
What is lactose or lactose intolerance?
What is trans fat?
300
Calcium and Vitamin D are the main nutrients in this food group.
You need 1-3 servings per day of this food group.
What is the Milk and Alternatives group?
What is the Meat and Alternatives group?
300
This vitamin is important for good eyesight.
A lack of this mineral can cause tiredness and trouble concentrating.
What is Vitamin A?
What is Iron?
300
This builds, maintains, and replaces the tissues in your body. Your muscles, your organs, and your immune system are made up mostly of this.
What is protein?
400
An average fast food meal contains approximately this percentage of calories from fat. a) 25% b) 50% c) 75%
What does this mean?
What is 50%?
Fact: The American Heart Association recommends limiting fat to less than 30 percent of daily calories.
400
Red meat is rich in iron. When too little is consumed it can lead to this.
Adequate calcium intake helps prevent this disease of weakened bones.
What is anemia?
What is osteoporosis?
400
According to Canada’s Food Guide, how much is one serving of fruit juice?
Tofu belongs to this food group.
What is a half cup or 125 mL?
What is the Meat and Alternatives group?
400
Vegetarians often don’t get enough of this mineral.
This vitamin helps with blood clotting.
What is Iron?
What is Calcium?
400
It is in fruits, vegetables and grains. It adds bulk to your diet and makes you feel full faster, helping you control your weight.
What is fiber?
500
These are the main fat sources found in fast food.
What are saturated fat and trans fat?
500
Sodium (salt) is used by the body to control blood pressure, too much of it can cause this disease in some people.
What is high blood pressure?
500
These two food groups are good sources of fiber.
What are Vegetables and Fruit, and Grain Products?
500
Why are Vitamins and Minerals essential to good health?
What is vitamins and minerals are substances your body needs for normal growth and functioning?
500
________ aren't bad for you. Your body needs these for energy. But eating too many of them — and not burning enough of them off through activity — can lead to ___________ ____________.