Nutrients for Health
The Food Guide Period
Healthful Meals and Snacks
The Digestive & Excretory Systems
Managing Your Weight
100
The starches and sugars that provide energy
What are starches?
100
The process of taking in food and using it for energy, growth, and good health
What is nutrition?
100
Foods that have a high amount of nutrients relative to the number of calories
What is nutrient dense?
100
A digestive juice produced by the salivary glands.
What is saliva?
100
A way to assess your body size, taking your height and weight into account
What is BMI (Body Mass Index)?
200
Substances that help regulate the body's functions
What are vitamins?
200
Bread, cereal, rice, and pasta group
What is largest portion (base) of the Food Guide Pyramid?
200
Potato chips, ice cream, soft drinks, cookies, and dip
What are foods that are NOT nutrient dense?
200
The process by which the body breaks down food into smaller components that can be absorbed by the bloodstream.
What is digestion?
200
Extreme eating behaviors that can lead to serious illness or even death
What are eating disorders?
300
Nutrients that strengthen bones and teeth, helps keep blood healthy, and keeps the heart and other organs working properly
What are minerals?
300
A unit of heat that measures the energy available in foods
What is a calorie?
300
Concentrate better at school and have a more positive attitude
What is "students who eat breakfast"?
300
A group of organs that work together to break down foods into substances that your cells can use.
What is the digestive system?
300
An eating disorder in which a person repeatedly eats large amounts of food at one time
What is binge eating?
400
The part of grains, fruits, and vegetables that the body cannot break down
What is fiber?
400
United States Department of Agriculture
What is USDA stand for?
400
Fruit, vegetable juice, low-fat yogurt, and wheat crackers.
What are examples of nutrient dense foods?
400
A pair of organs that filter water and waste materials from the blood
What are kidneys?
400
An eating disorder in which a person has an intense fear of weight gain and starves himself/herself
What is anorexia nervosa?
500
Nutrients used to repair body cells and tissues
What are proteins?
500
Personal taste, geography, cost and advertising
What are some examples of influences on food choices?
500
As many as 48% of girls and 32% of boys do not eat this every day.
What is breakfast?
500
A liquid secreted by the liver that helps to digest fats
What is bile?
500
An eating disorder in which a person repeatedly eats large amounts of food and then purges
What is bulimia nervosa?
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