The process by which your body takes in and uses food.
What is nutrition?
A waxy, fat like substance.
What is cholesterol?
Food with a high ratio of nutrients to calories.
What is nutrient dense food?
Foodborne illness
What is food poisoning?
Food with less then 5 calories per serving
What is “free” food?
A unit of heat used to measure the energy your body used and the energy it recycles from food.
What are calories?
Nutrients the body uses to build and maintain its cells and tissue.
What is protein?
Fresh fruit, cut up vegetables, string cheese, unsalted nuts, air-popped popcorn, fat-free yogurt, bread sticks
What are sensible snacks?
The last day a store should sell a product
What is sell by date?
Food that has less then 3 grams of fat
What is “low” food?
What are the three macronutrients?
What are carbohydrates, protein, and fats?
A condition in which the bones become fragile and break easily.
What is osteoporosis?
An interactive guide to healthy eating and active living.
What is MyPlate?
Treating a substance with heat to kill/slow the growth of pathogens?
What is pasteurization?
The last day the quality of food can be guaranteed
What is an expiration date?
The psychological desire for food.
What is appetite?
what are the three types of fat?
What is unsaturated fat, saturated fat, and trans fat.
Vegetables, fruit, protein, grains, and dairy
What are the five basic food groups?
Food that won’t last long on shelves, for example, bread.
What is a freshness date?
The date a food was processed/packaged.
What is the pack date?
The natural, physical drive to eat, prompted by the body’s need for food.
What is hunger?
vegetable oil is an example of what type of fat?
What is unsaturated fat.
A set of recommendations about smart eating and physical activity for all Americans.
What are dietary guidelines for Americans?
The spreading of pathogens from one food to another
What is cross contamination?
Food that is low in fat, cholesterol, and sodium, that provides at least 10% daily value for vitamin A, vitamin C, calcium, protein, and fiber
What is healthy food?