Essential Nutrients
The word used to describe how much energy a food has.
What is a calorie?
The amount of education required to start a career in healthcare.
What is any level of education? (High school diploma, college degree, graduate, or doctorate degrees, etc.)
The list right underneath the Nutrition Facts label that tells us everything that is in that food product
What is the ingredients list?
A chemical substance that changes how your mind and body work.
What is a drug?
A phrase used to describe a sign that a situation or relationship may need to be re-evaluated, or may not be right for you.
What is a red flag?
A class of nutrients which provide energy for the body and are eaten in LARGE amounts.
What are macronutrients?
The job title for a healthcare professional who rides in an ambulance and provides emergency medical care to patients in the field.
What is a paramedic? (Or emergency medical technician)
A standard amount of food or drink, usually measured in cups, ounces, grams, pieces, slices, or numbers; found on the nutrition facts label.
What is a serving?
A disorder in which a person uses substances in an uncontrolled manner, despite serious negative consequences.
What is substance use disorder?
What is aggressive, assertive, and passive?
A class of nutrients which do NOT provide energy for the body, but are still essential in SMALL amounts.
What are micronutrients?
The highest level of degree that can be obtained via traditional education systems.
What is a doctorate's degree? (or Ph.D.)
1 of the 3 most over-consumed nutrients found on the nutrition facts label.
What is sugar, saturated fats, OR sodium?
One of the most commonly abused substances in the United States.
What is alcohol? (Nicotine or cannabis)
The style of communication marked by low confidence, poor ability to communicate needs and a lack of assertiveness.
What is passive communication?
The only major nutrient that doesn't qualify as a macro- or micro-nutrient.
What is water?
A healthcare professional who draws blood from patients for various purposes, including lab tests, donations, transfusions, and research.
What is a phlebotomist?
The 3 macronutrients found on the nutrition facts label.
An extremely deadly drug which can be hidden in pills or other drugs that might otherwise seem normal and un-tampered with.
What is fentanyl?
The style of communication marked by poor listening skills and intense reactions to criticism.
What is aggressive communication?
The 6 essential nutrients which the human body requires for life.
What are carbs, fat, protein, vitamins, minerals and water?
The type of needle used for taking blood samples.
What is a butterfly needle?
The governing body which oversees accuracy and laws related to the Nutrition Facts Label.
What is the Food & Drug Administration (FDA)?
One of many factors which increase a person's likelihood of developing substance use disorder.
What is ____?
- Family history of addiction
- Childhood trauma or abuse
- Struggling at school or home
- Hanging out with others who use substances
- Mental health disorders like depression, anxiety or ADHD
- Using drugs at a young age
The ability to speak up for oneself and one's own needs, in a calm and collected manner, while
What is self-advocacy?