Nutrition
Define Nutrition
What is the process of providing or obtaining the food necessary for health and growth
What are carbohydrates?
What are nutrients that are broken down quickly by the body to be used as energy
What are the 5 food groups?
What are fruits, vegetables, grains, protein, and dairy?
This makes up 60% of an adult body's weight
What is water?
Sports drinks are composed mostly of water, but their second biggest ingredient is what?
What is sugar?
How much water should you drink a day?
Hint: in oz or liters
What is 8 ounces or 2 liters?
How much time a day should a person exercise?
What is 1 hour??
Which food group should you eat the most of?
What are grains?
What is the timeframe it take for food to move through the large intestine?
What is 30 hours?
How many servings of fruit and vegetables should you eat a day?
What is 5 servings?
Why do we need protein?
to build and repair essential parts of the body, such as muscles, blood, and organs.
What are the 3 types of fats?
What are unsaturated, saturated and trans fat ?
What is bread called that is made from 100% whole grain?
What is whole wheat bread or whole grain bread?
What are the tiny finger-like projections covering the small intestine?
What is villi?
Eggs and beans are in what food group?
What is Protein?
What is a calorie?
What are a unit of energy that measures how much energy a food provides to the body?
What U.S. state exercises the most?
What is Colorado?
What is the only fruit with seeds on the outside?
What is a strawberry?
What adversely affects your concentration, alertness and short-term memory?
Hint: It is affiliated with water.
What is dehydration?
Name 2 things found on a nutrition label?
What is a serving size, calories, daily values, sugars, vitamin d, potassium
Name one essential nutrient
What is carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals, and water
What are the two leading causes of death in the United States?
What is heart disease and stroke?
This reflects the amount people typically eat or drink
HINT: found on a nutrition label
What is a serving size?
What are all the parts of the body involved in digestion?
What is Stomach, Small/Large intestines, Liver and Pancreas?
What are the 4 vitamins and minerals?
What are vitamin D, calcium, potassium, and iron?