Healthy Food Choices
Drink Up!
Healthy Eating Habits
Miscellaneous
100
What would a healthy, balanced plate look like?
1/2 your plate with fruits and vegetables
1/4 of your plate whole grains
1/4 of your plate protein foods
100
Joe is waiting in line in the cafeteria and sees that there are four options for a drink:
Milk, water, juice, soy beverage
Which one is NOT a healthy drink option?
Juice contains concentrated forms of natural sugar. This makes it easy to drink a lot of sugar in one sitting.
Choose the whole fruit instead of the juice.
100
When Abby eats lunch in the school cafeteria, she's on her phone, watching videos and texting friends.
Is Abby paying attention to the food she eats? Why?
No.
Phones can be distracting, especially when eating.
Abby can enjoy her food by paying attention to its smell and taste and eating with others.
100
True or False: Food ads try to impact how and what you choose to eat. Most foods that are advertised are highly processed foods.
True.
Food marketing comes in many forms like: ads on social media, branding, sponsorship, celebrity endorsements, product placement, sales and promotion,
200
Name 5 examples of protein foods
1. wild game (ex.moose)
2. fish
3. milk
4. beans
5. nuts
Other examples of protein foods: eggs, cheese, yogurt, seeds, legumes, shellfish, lean meats and poultry, tofu
200
Why should we not drink sodas everyday?
Soda contains a lot of sugar with almost no nutritive value.
Having soda everyday replaces other nutrients and may lead to health problems later on like obesity
200
John is always snacking when he does his homework. Most of the time, he's not even hungry but snacks out of habit.
Should John continue this habit? Why?
No. John is not listening to his body.
By tuning into whether he feels hungry or full, John can be mindful of when and why he is snacking.
200
Which of the following is/are true?
Healthy eating may:
be good for the environment
help you feel good and give you more energy
help you perform better in activities that are important to you, like: sports, school, hobbies
All the statements are true.
300
True or False:
Fresh, frozen and canned vegetables and fruits can all be healthy options.
True
Choose canned or frozen items lower in salt and sugar
300
Name 4 drinks that contain caffeine.
How much of a caffeinated drink is safe for teenagers?
1. Coffee
2. Tea
3. Energy Drinks
4. Some Soft Drinks (ex. Coca Cola, Pepsi, Dr. Pepper, Mountain Dew)
Adolescents 13 years old and older should not have more than 2 cans of cola (two 355 ml cans) or 1 cup of tea or 1/2 cup of coffee or 1 energy drink per day. Make water your drink of choice.
Unlock Food - Facts on Caffeine
300
Which of these statements from the 2019 food guide are tips for creating healthy eating habits?
A) Be mindful of your eating habits
B) Buy fast food more often
C) Enjoy your food
D) Eat meals with others
A), C), D)
B) should say 'Cook more often'
300
Give 5 examples of highly processed foods.
Sugary drinks, chocolate, candies, ice cream, frozen desserts, fast food, bakery products (muffins, cakes), processed meats (sausage, deli meats)
400
Name 3 examples of whole grain foods
Whole grain bread
Oats
Wild rice or Brown rice
Other Examples: whole grain pasta
400
If you don't like drinking water, what are some ways to flavour water?
- blackberries + mint
- raspberries + cucumber
- strawberries + fresh basil
- chopped apples + a cinnamon stick
- pear slices + a drop of vanilla extract
400
Sophie is watching a movie with her family on the TV. They always open a large bag of chips to snack on. Sophie notices she eats more whenever she is watching TV.
What can Sophie do?
Instead of eating chips from the bag, Sophie could pour some chips into a smaller bowl. In this way, she controls her portion size, preventing her from overeating in front of the TV.
400
Alex notices his favourite basketball player in a MacDonald's advertisement. The next day, he decides to eat at MacDonald's.
How are Alex's food choices being influenced?
When Alex sees someone he admires doing something, he wants to copy them. He likely thinks that if it is good for his role model, then then it can be good for him too.
Be aware of food marketing, like having celebrities in food advertisements. Notice if you are being influenced by food marketing when buying or eating something.
500
Julie loves having macaroni and cheese for dinner.
What could she add to make this meal a more balanced one?
Julie could add any cooked vegetable of her choice, like cooked peas, carrots into her macaroni and cheese.
She could have a fruit with her meal.
500
Greg drinks energy drinks every day because he thinks he needs them. He notices that they give him a lot of energy at first, but it quickly fades away.
What can Greg do to have more energy throughout the day?
He should choose fruits and vegetables, whole grain and protein foods to fuel his body and drink water. These foods give a steady amount of energy throughout the day.
Note: Energy drinks contain a lot of sugar and caffeine. Large amounts of sugar and caffeine often lead to a sugar rush and then a crash.
500
Paul is always rushing to school in the morning and never has time to make or eat breakfast before he leaves the house. Paul gets hungry during his first class because he doesn't eat breakfast.
What tips would you give Paul to help him eat breakfast in the morning?
Paul can make breakfast the night before and eat it before he leaves the house.
Paul can bring his breakfast with him to school in a reusable container and eat it before class starts.
500
Looking at the % Daily Value, this foods has a little and a lot of which nutrients? Should we have this food every day or occasionally?
This food has a little: carbohydrate, vitamin A, vitamin C and iron
This food has a lot of: fat, saturated fat, sodium and calcium.
This food can be eaten occasionally.
Remember: On a nutrition facts table, 5% daily value or less is a little of a nutrient and 15% daily value or more is a lot of a nutrient.