Nutrients
Which term is defined as: Substances in food that your body needs to grow, repair, and supply you with energy
Nutrients
True of false? Everyone's my plate ratios will be the same.
false
Which term is defined as: Units of energy used by the body and the energy that foods supply to the body.
Calorie
Sodium is a nutrient you want to get more or less of?
Less
Carbs, protein, and ____ are macronutrients.
fat
Which nutrient helps control blood sugar levels and cholesterol levels, as well as maintain bowel health?
Fiber
Bread, pasta, oatmeal are examples of foods in which food group?
Grains
Age, gender, height/weight, and ______ level all help determine how many calories one should consume.
activity
True or false. Portion size has greatly gone up over the years, resulting in higher calorie intake for Americans.
True
This macronutrient is key in maintaining bone, skin, and muscle health.
Protein
Sodium, cholesterol, and trans fat are all things you want to keep to a minimum or maximum in your diet?
Minimum
True or False? Dried fruit, fruit juices, frozen, and canned fruit all can be included on the fruit section for my plate.
True
Fat has __ g to 1 unit of calorie
9
What part of your hand should you use to measure the serving size of meat?
Your palm.
This macronutrient mainly supplies energy to the body.
Carbohydrate
These types of nutrients supply energy to the body in forms of calories.
Macronutrients
This section of your plate includes things like meat, fish, eggs, beans, lentils.
Protien
In order to help not over consume too many calories, you should use the recommended _____ size for each category of food.
serving
Emotions, family and culture, and money can all be an _______ on our food choices.
Influence
Unsaturated
These types of nutrients help support vital functions in the body.
Micronutrients
Eating which two groups of the My Plate provides the body with vital nutrients for health and maintenance as well as fight off some diseases?
Fruits and vegetables
Foods that are low in calorie but high in nutrients are called nutrient _____ foods.
Dense
Which term describes a natural physical drive that protects one from starvation.
Hunger
Which type of fat do you want to limit in your diet?
Trans fat