The Food Label
Approximately how many Calories should the average person consume in a day?
A. 1,500 - 1,600
B. 2,000 - 2,500
C. 3,000 - 3,500
B. 2,000 - 2,500
Not a nutrient, but you cannot live without it; needed to transport materials through the body, helps muscles move, and keeps body tissues from sticking together. Also the healthiest drink.
Water.
Which Item contains the most total fat?
A. Taco Bell Crunchy Taco Supreme
B. McDonald's Large Fry
C. Wendy's Ultimate Grilled Chicken Sandwich
A. Taco Bell Crunchy Taco Supreme
True or False
You are never too old to build muscle.
True. While it may be more difficult as you get older, you are never too old to get stronger and build some muscle mass.
Bedford is located in which county
a. Essex
b. Norfolk
c. Middlesex
C. Middlesex
What contains the most calories?
A. A banana
B. A large dill pickle (size of banana)
C. A medium sized orange
A. A banana contains roughly 100 calories
A Large Dill Pickle contains 25 calories and a medium orange contains roughly between 50-80 calories.
A nutrient needed to supply stored energy; found in oils, butter, lard; the most calorically dense nutrient.
Fat
Which menu/restaurant provides the most "Healthy Choices" (Fewer items high in calories, Saturated Fat, and sodium)
A. Pizza Hut
B. Burger King
C. Subway
C. Subway
True or False
The more muscle you have, the more energy your body uses at rest.
True
Adding some muscle to your body is a great way to help shed some body fat. The more muscle you have generally the faster your metabolism, and the greater amount of fat you use while resting.
The Bedford High School boys basketball team finished the 2017-2018 regular season with both a 13-7 record and a DCL Small Title.
The boys did win the DCL Small, but were 15-5.
The Nutrition Facts Label states whether a food is a healthy choice.
True or False
False: The label is used as a tool to help decide whether a food meets individual needs.
A simple carbohydrate found in foods like candy, milk, cakes, sucrose, dextrose, maltose, lactose.
Sugar.
How many calories does a Burger King Triple Whopper with cheese have?
a. 1,100
b. 990
c. 1,230
C. 1,230
True or False
People who exercise outdoors burn more fat than those training inside.
False
While I love this one, the truth is it does not matter where you train.
You may be an ‘outdoorsie’ type, love the beach, the wind, anything natural. Combining being outside with exercise seems to me to be the perfect antidote for our modern, indoor lifestyle, but being inside is good as well.
A. 1640
B. 1720
C. 1510
The nutrition information on a food label refers to:
A. Entire box
B. Recommended serving
C. The amount which is eaten at one time
B. The information on the label is based on a "serving" size.
A unit used to measure the energy or heat food supplies to the body.
A Wendy's Taco Salad and a Wendy's Single patty Baconator Single. Are they.....(More, less or equal calorically)?
A. Wendy's Taco Salad contains more
B. Wendy's Baconator Single contains more
C. They are the same
C. They contain the same amount of calories
Wendy's Taco Salad (660 calories)
Wendy's Baconator Single (660 calories)
True or False
Exercising at sunlight is the best time to burn calories.
False
The real and only best time is whatever works for you. Do it when you can, as often as you can, and make it something you enjoy.
Approximately how many residents are in the town of Bedford?
A. 10,500
B. 14,500
C. 22,500
B. 14,500
Which vitamin is not listed on food labels?
A. Vitamin A
B. Vitamin B
C. Vitamin C
B. Vitamin B
Nutrients that help build body structure and regulate many processes in the body.
Minerals
Which item contains the most sodium/salt?
A. Large Burger King Onion Ring
B. BK Tendercrisp Chicken Salad
C. BK Whopper Junior with Cheese
B. BK Tendercrisp Chicken Salad 1,030 mg of sodium
A BK large onion ring has 990 mg of sodium and a Whopper Jr. w/cheese has 730 mg of sodium.
True or False
It is best to work out on an empty stomach.
False
Don't work out on an empty stomach! According to Shape.com, if you run out of energy during your workout, your body will start burning your muscle tissue, not your stored body fat.
Spell the last names of both your JGMS Principal and Assistant Principal.
Principal - Tracey
Assistant Principal - Bacigalupi