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Food Facts
100
The first place to look on a food label.
What is serving size?
100

This acts in your brain the same way drugs do.

What is sugar?

100
The average recommended calories per day.
What is 2,000?
100

Is breakfast the most important meal of the day?

Some studies have suggested that eating a nutritious meal in the morning does help to kickstart your metabolism.

100

Eating less of this could lower your blood pressure.

What is Sodium (Salt)?

200
The number of calories in a full bag of chips, with 90 calories per serving, and 3 servings per bag.
What is 270 calories?
200

A study following 1,000 adults over 5yrs that consumed green leafy vegetables was associated with:

a.  Increased Muscle Mass

b.  Slower Cognitive Decline

c.  Weight-Loss

b.  Slower Cognitive Decline

200
This nutrient has the most calories per gram (choices are fats, carbohydrates or proteins).
What are fats?
200

True or False:  When busy, it is better to skip a meal and just make up for it at your next meal.

What is False? (People who skip meals are tired, cognitively slower, and may over eat at their next meal.)

200

You are feeling tired and cranky between meals, you probably need to have one of these?

What is a snack? (Snacking between meals can keep our energy levels running high. Just make sure to choose snacks from the 4 major food groups and low in sugar.)

300

You find this at the top of a label, below it is all the information about the food you are about to eat?

What is Nutritional Facts?

300

This crunchy snack is deceptive because "you can't eat just one" yet the bag has 3 servings.

What is a bag of potato chips?

300

This gender normally has a higher Basal Metabolic Rate.

Who are males?

300

Limiting the use of _____ could improve heart health and prevent accelerated ageing.

a.  Tobacco

b.  Opioids

c.  Alcohol

c.  Alcohol

400
This percentage daily value is considered 'low' for a nutrient.
What is 5% or less?
400

Combining regular _______ _______ with a healthy diet is the key to a healthy lifestyle.

Physical Activity

400
What must be equal to maintain weight?
What is 'calories in' and 'calories out'?
400

How many food groups are needed to make up a healthy snack?

What is two or more?

500
This percentage daily value is considered 'high' for a nutrient.
What is 20% or more?
500

This product's serving size has increased at the highest rate since the 1950's. Consumption of it contributes to poor health outcomes.

What is Soda?

500
The term that describes how many calories you burn a day without exercise.
What is Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)?
500

Balanced snacks help keep you feeling satisfied because they contain foods from the _____ different food groups.

What is four?

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