The process in which food is broken down into a form your body can use is called?
Digestion
100
______________ means eating foods that are good for you and eating them in the right amounts.
Good Nutrition
100
Your body can make some nutrients that it needs, however most of the nutrients your boy needs come from _________
The foods you eat
100
The ____________ food guidance system is a tool that helps you understand how much of each type of food you should eat every day.
MyPyramid
200
Your pattern of eating includes what two things?
1. What you eat
2. How much you eat.
200
When does digestion begin?
When you chew your food
200
Name three things that nutrition affects.
1. Learning
2. Studying
3. Staying active
4. Hanging out with friends
200
What are the two kinds of carbohydrates?
1. Simple Carbohydrates (found in sweet foods such as table sugar, honey and fruits
2. Complex Carbohydrates (these consist of three or more sugars joined together)
200
The MyPyramid is made up of six colored stripes. Five of these stripes represent the five food groups, the sixth represents __________
Oils
300
Name three factors that influence/affect your food choices?
1. Personal Taste
2. Family Traditions
3. Convenience of Foods
4 Cost of Food
5. Foods your parents/guardians/friends eat
6. Availability of foods in your area
300
After you chew your food and swallow your food, it passes into your ________________?
Stomach
300
_________ can increase your risk of many diseases and disorders.