Nutrients
Healthy Eating
Food Labels and Advertising
Miscellaneous
100
Substances in food that provide the body with energy.
What are nutrients?
100
Limiting the amount of food you eat at each meal is called what?
What is portion control?
100
The things that make up a food.
What are ingredients?
100
Chemicals in saliva that help break down food.
What are enzymes.
200
A nutrient that is a building block of your body. Your body uses this nutrient to build and repair cells.
What is protein?
200
An eating disorder where someone is not eating enough food. At times, they are starving themselves.
What is anorexia?
200
Things food manufacturers add to foods.
What are additives?
200
You should eat chicken only if it is thoroughly cooked and the inside is no longer what color?
What is pink?
300
The nutrient that contains the most energy.
What are fats?
300
The measure of the amount of energy in food.
What is calories?
300
Chemicals added to foods to keep them from spoiling.
What are preservatives?
300
Digestion begins in what part of your body?
What is the mouth?
400
Two nutrients that your body needs in small amounts.
What are __________ and ____________?
400
If you eat as many calories as you use up during the day, this is called what?
What is energy balance?
400
What is an illness caused by eating foods containing harmful germs?
What is food poisoning?
400
A bad reaction to food most other people can eat is called what?
What is a food allergy?
500
The nutrient that your body needs the most.
What is water?
500
What is the name of the scientist who studies healthful eating habits?
What is a nutritionist?
500
What are three things found on a food label?
serving size, calories, fat, percent daily value, ingredients, sugars, etc.
500
Name a food that spoils fast in the refrigerator?
What is dairy, meat, etc.
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