Macronutrients
What are the 3 macronutrients?
What is protein, carbs and fats?
What are the two micronutrients?
What is vitamins and minerals?
How does advertising influence our food choices?
What is seeing an advertisement might encourage to try a product?
How much added sugar does the average American eat in a day?
What is 17 teaspoons?
What should you look for in an ingredient list?
What is: fewer ingredients, ingredients you can pronounce, ingredients you know(name at least one)
Why should a person eat carbohydrates?
What is to get their major source of energy?
Symptoms of dehydration(name 2)
What is fatigue, muscle camps, headaches, dizziness etc.
How can one's culture impact food preferences?
You may eat foods from the culture you are from or religion you follow?
Name 3 healthy alternative to sugary drinks
What is water, fruit-infused water and herbal teas?
True or False: The serving size is always one package.
False. (You need to be sure to look at the serving size and the number of servings per container)
What is one animal based food to get lean protein?
What is lean red meats, fish or chicken?
Young people should have no more than 100 mg of caffeine in any of these types of drinks.
What is sports/energy drinks, coffee or other caffeinated beverages.
How can social influences impact our food preferences?
What can be the negative effects in young people of consuming too much caffeine?
jitters, sleeplessness, poor concentration, addiction
Why is it important to limit the intake of added sugars in our diet?
What is weight gain, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and tooth decay?(name 2)
This type of fat was banned in the USA.
What is trans fat?
The amount of water a person should drink in a day.
What is half your body weight in ounces of water?
How can knowledge and education about nutrition influence what we eat?
What is when you have information about nutrition you may make healthier informed food related decisions?
What is it called when sugar is naturally occurring in food versus added in during processing.
What is natural sugar vs added sugar?
How to know if a food is high or low in a nutrient?
What is the 5/20 rule?
What are three reasons to eat dietary fiber?
What is to help digestion, lower cholesterol, reduce overeating?
What are the two types of vitamins?
What is water soluble and fat soluble?
In what ways can economic factors influence what we eat?
What is you buy what you can afford to eat or food affordability?
Maximum number of teaspoons of sugar recommended to consume in a day
What is 6(25g) for women and 9(37g) for men?
High or Low: A food label says it has 300mcg or 50% of your DV of Vitamin C.
What is high? (It's high because you would want Vitamin C to be above 20%)