Nutrients
This nutrient is found in bread, fruits, and vegetables. Its main purpose is to provide your body with energy.
What is a carbohydrate?
There are this number of groups included in the MyPlate plan.
What is five?
This part of the nutrition label tells us how much food it is recommended to eat
What is a serving size?
This is the amount of minutes per week the CDC recommends as the minimum amount of moderate intensity exercise adults should get per week.
What is 150 minutes? (At least 30 minutes a day, 5 days a week)
This food tops bananas in potassium.
What is a potato?
This nutrient is found in nuts, avocado, and dairy products and helps support cell function.
What is a fat?
Foods such as meat, fish, beans, and eggs are included in this food group, which MyPlate recommends eating around 5.5 ounces each day
What is protein?
This is the amount of energy that is in the food.
What is a calorie?
This is the minimum number of days per week the CDC recommends adults should do muscles strengthening activities.
What is 2 days?
This food is considered both a fruit and a vegetable.
What is a tomato?
This nutrient is found in meat, beans, and milk and helps support muscle growth
What is protein?
Foods such as milk, yogurt, and cheese are included in this food group, which MyPlate recommends consuming around 3 cups each day.
What is dairy?
Sugars and dietary fiber are listed under this nutrient on a nutrition facts label.
What are carbohydrates?
These exercises (brisk walk, water aerobics, riding a bike on level ground or with few hills, and pushing a lawn mower) would be considered this type of activity.
What is Moderate- Intensity Aerobic Exercise?
This fruit has more Vitamin C than oranges and has more nutrients per ounce than any other fruit.
What are Kiwis?
(They have twice the vitamin C of an orange and are another high-potassium, low-salt alternative to bananas. They’re packed with other vitamins, minerals, and are heart-healthy)
This nutrient group includes vitamins and minerals.
What is a micronutrient?
This US Department created the MyPlate as an easy-to-follow food guide.
What is the US Department of Agriculture?
The Nutrition Labeling and Education Act was signed into law in 1990, during this president’s term
Who is President George HW Bush?
These exercises (jogging/running, swimming laps, riding a bike fast or with many hills, and playing basketball) would be considered this type of activity.
What is Vigorous- Intensity Aerobic Exercise
This food is considered a fruit because it has a large seed in the middle and helps your body absorb other nutrients.
What is an avocado?
(They have a lot of fat, but it’s the good kind that lowers cholesterol. The creamy fruit also helps your body absorb nutrients in other produce, like tomatoes).
We should aim to drink around 8 glasses of this per day.
What is water?
The MyPlate was developed in 2011 by agriculture secretary Tom Vilsack and this woman.
Who is First Lady Michelle Obama?
These are reference amounts of nutrients to consume or not exceed each day. They are typically represented as a % on the nutrition facts label.
What is the daily value?
1 minute of vigorous- intensity exercise is equal to this many minutes of moderate-intensity exercise.
What is 2 minutes?
This food item is a cousin of the rose and a good source of fiber.
What are apples?
(Apples, pears, cherries, and plums are just some of the fruits that come from the same family tree as the rose).