Food Labels
This number on a food label tells you how much energy you’ll get from one serving of food.
What are calories?
This government agency created MyPlate.gov, which shows how to build a healthy meal.
What is the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)?
This vitamin, found in citrus fruits and many supplements, helps your body absorb iron and supports a healthy immune system.
Vitamin C
Balancing the calories you eat with the calories you burn helps you maintain this.
What is a healthy body weight?
Social media, TV, and magazines often promote unrealistic standards of this, affecting how people feel about their looks.
What is body image?
This part of the Nutrition Facts label lists nutrients like fat, cholesterol, and sodium that people often try to limit.
What is the “% Daily Value” column?
You can trust this agency’s website for learning how to read food labels and understand daily values.
What is the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)?
People often take supplements of this mineral to strengthen bones and prevent osteoporosis.
What is calcium?
Regular physical activity and eating fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and lean proteins are key parts of this type of lifestyle.
What is a healthy lifestyle?
When photos are digitally changed to make people look thinner or more muscular, this editing process can distort reality.
What is photo editing?
When a label says a product is “low sodium,” it means it contains 140 milligrams or less of this per serving.
What is sodium?
This professional organization for registered dietitians runs the website EatRight.org.
What is the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics?
Protein powders often contain this muscle-building nutrient made up of amino acids.
What is protein?
This measure, often abbreviated as BMI, uses your height and weight to estimate body fat.
What is Body Mass Index
Campaigns that feature people of all shapes, sizes, and backgrounds help promote this kind of body image.
What is a healthy or positive body image?
This ingredient must be listed first on a food label because it makes up the largest portion of the product by weight.
What is the ingredient present in the greatest amount?
The Nutrition Source website from this Ivy League university offers evidence-based guidance on healthy eating.
What is Harvard University (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health)?
This vitamin, sometimes called the “sunshine vitamin,” helps your body absorb calcium and maintain strong bones.
What is vitamin D?
This macronutrient—found in sugary drinks, sweets, and some processed foods—should be limited to help control weight gain.
What is added sugars?
Spending too much time comparing yourself to others on social media can lower this—how you feel about yourself.
What is self-esteem?
If a label says a product is “organic,” it means at least 95% of its ingredients were produced without these synthetic chemicals.
What are pesticides and fertilizers?
For global standards and data on nutrition, you can turn to this United Nations agency.
What is What is the World Health Organization (WHO)?
This mineral, essential for making hemoglobin, is sometimes overused in supplements—too much can cause toxicity, especially in children.
What is Iron?
When people lose weight too quickly by drastically cutting calories, their body can slow this process that burns energy.
What is metabolism?
This psychological term describes when someone is overly focused on perceived flaws in their appearance, often made worse by media influence.
What is body dysmorphia?