6 Essential Nutrients
Food Label& Calculations
MyPlate & Healthy Food Choices
Body Image
Digestion & Excretion
100

Provides long-term energy, insulation, and protection to the body. 

What is fat?

100

Fats are _______ calories per gram.

What is 9?

100

Examples: apple, bananas, kiwi, berries.

What is fruit?

100

The way a person sees their body.

What is body image?

100

The process by which the body breaks down food into small pieces that can be absorbed by the blood and sent to each cell in your body.

What is digestion?

200

Contains the entire grain: bran, germ, endosperm. 

What is Whole Grain?

200

Based on the average amount typically consumed.

What is serving size?

200

A personalized food plan diagram based on age, height, weight, and activity created by the USDA.

What is MyPlate?

200

Diets sold as the best and fastest way to lose weight.

What are fad diets?

200

Absorbs any remaining water, vitamins, minerals, and salts.

What is large intestine?

300
The study of NUTRIENTs in food, how the body uses them, and the relationship between DIET, HEALTH, and DISEASE?

What is nutrition?

300

One slice of Little Caesars pepperoni pizza contains 22 grams of Carbohydrates, 9 grams of Protein, and 8 grams of Fat.  Show the EQUATION to find kcalories of protein.

9 grams x 4 kcal/gram= kcal

300

On the slide of "building healthful meals", it was stated that breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks should be _____________ foods. 

What is nutrient-dense?

300

An eating disorder in which a person strongly fears gaining weight and starves themselves. 

What is anorexia nervosa?

300

Carbohydrate that assists the body to have a healthy digestive system.

What is fiber?

400

Type of vitamins not stored in the body and must be taken in every day. 

What are water-soluble vitamins?

400

Reference amounts of nutrients to consume or not exceed each day

What is % daily value?

400

A deck of cards is equivalent to this serving size. 

What is 3oz of meat?

400

Weight in kilograms/ the square of height in meters. 

What is BMI?

400

Where the majority of the nutrients are absorbed during digestion. 

What is the small intestine?

500

Found in proteins and has many purposes: breaks down food, grows and repairs body tissue, builds muscle, energy source, boosts immune system, etc.

What are amino acids?

500

The equation to find the calorie amount for the whole container.


What is 280 x 4?

500

Benefits of this meal include: Boosts concentration, easier to maintain a healthy weight, and feel less tired throughout the day. 

What is breakfast?

500

Repeatedly eats too much food at one time.

What is binge eating?

500

Sequence of the digestion and excretion. 

What is mouth, esophagus, stomach, liver, pancreas, small intestine, large intestine, excretion? 

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