Definitions
Substances in food that your body needs.
What are nutrients?
This is a macro-nutrient your body uses to build, repair, and maintain cells and tissues.
What are proteins?
Calories can be burned by doing this?
What is physical activity?
These two food groups should take up half your plate.
What is fruits and vegetables?
Like water and air, this is one of life's necessities.
What is food?
Your physical desire for food.
What is hunger?
Name the 6 essential nutrients.
Carbohydrates, protein, fat, vitamins, minerals and water.
These two nutrients have 4 calories per gram.
What are proteins and carbohydrates?
Apples, oranges, and bananas.
What are foods in the fruit group?
These substances provide energy for your body.
What are proteins, carbohydrates, and fats?
Parts of fruit, vegetable, grains, and beans that your body cannot digest.
What is insoluble fiber?
This nutrient is your bodies main energy source. It consists of sugars and starches.
What are carbohydrates?
This nutrient has 9 calories per gram.
What is fat?
This is the amount of categories there are in MyPlate.
What is 5?
These 3 nutrients help your body run smoothly.
What are vitamins, minerals, and water?
A group of substances that are needed for normal cell function, growth, and development?
What are vitamins?
This micro-nutrient helps us absorb calcium.
What is Vitamin D?
These provide you the number of calories in food.
What are nutrition labels?
Which 2 of the 5 food groups should we vary?
What are vegetables and protein?
In addition to hunger and appetite, this also influences your food choices.
What is emotion?
It helps you digest food, it regulates body temperature, it helps with nutrient absorption, prevents dehydration, and improves blood oxygen circulation.
What is water?
This is considered the healthier form of fat and is liquid at room temperature.
What are unsaturated fats?
This is how many calories you have to burn to lose one pound of fat.
What is 3500?
This agency regulates the MyPlate suggested amounts of food.
What is the USDA's Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services?
Eating low nutrient, high fat foods, along with overeating can lead to this long term health problem.
What is Obesity?