Nutrition Unit
You can use this to see what is in the food you’re eating. It’s on every packaged food product.
Nutrition label
This type of blood vessel carries blood away from the heart.
Artery
This type of blood vessel carries blood to the heart.
Vein
What do you call cheese that isn’t yours? (Also, what food group does cheese belong to?)
Nacho cheese!
Dairy
You can be sure to eat all of your recommended macronutrients by eating from all five food groups. What are the five food groups?
Fruits, vegetables, dairy, grains, protein
How many chambers (rooms) does the heart have?
4
Takes blood away from the heart and takes it to the lungs.
Pulmonary Artery
Did you hear the joke about peanut butter? (also, what food group does peanut butter belong to?)
Nevermind, I don't want to spread it around.
Protein
This is when your immune system mistakenly identifies a specific food or a substance in food as something harmful.
Food allergy
What is cardiovascular disease?
Interruptions, blockage, or diseases that affect how the heart or blood vessels pump blood can cause complications such as a heart attack or stroke.
Things that increase a person’s chance of getting something. For example, smoking is this to cardiovascular disease.
Risk factor
What did the lungs give to the heart as a gift?
Oxygen
What does nutrient dense mean?
High in nutrients, low in calories
What are two risk factors to cardiovascular disease?
smoking,
having high blood pressure,
being overweight/obese,
not exercising
stress
family history
These make sure that the blood keeps flowing in the right direction between chambers
Valves
Why did the skeleton refuse to propose to his girlfriend? (also, which body system does the heart belong to?)
His heart just wasn't in it.
Circulatory system
What are the benefits of eating a nutritious breakfast each morning?
improved cognitive function (especially memory),
reduced absenteeism (days absent from school),
improved mood
Improved Concentration
Better Test Scores
Stress Response
Increased Energy
What are two ways to keep your heart healthy?
Eat healthy foods regularly
Exercise daily
Eat fewer processed foods, limit salt and sugar
The top chambers of the heart are called __________ and he bottom chambers are called ________.
Atriums, Ventricles
What is the heart’s favorite shade of red? (also, blood deep red means that it is rich with what?)
“Beat” red
oxygen