Types of Food
What do nutritionists say is the most important meal, yet skipped most often?
Breakfast
Are girls or boys more likely to be obese?
Girls
Name two high-fat snack foods
potato chips
french fries
snack dips
ice cream
milkshakes
candy bars
True or False
Sucrose, fructose, glucose, maple sugar and corn syrup are all good substitutes for sugar
FALSE
Name 2 snacks that are high in salt
French fries, pretzels, potato chips, sausages, pickles, cheese, crackers
What beverage is high in calcium, Vitamin D and riboflavin?
MILK
Name 2 tasty, nutritious, low calorie snacks.
Fruits & Vegetables, Low fat milk or yogurt, toast with little butter or jam, popcorn without butter
What part of the egg is highest in cholesterol: the yolk, white or shell?
Yolk
True or False
Fruit juice is as healthy a snack as a piece of fresh fruit
FALSE
Name 2 snack foods that are low in salt.
fruits, vegetables, whole grain breads
What vitamin is present in fresh fruits and vegetables, prevents scurvy, and needs to be replenished in the body daily?
Vitamin C
Obesity increases the risks of some diseases and physical problems
Diabetes, heart disease, stroke, varicose veins, or osteopoeosis
Which milk is lowest in fat
Whole
2%
1%
Skim
How many calories are in a teaspoon of sugar?
16
What's the chemical element that is in salt?
Sodium
Healthy diets don't include snacks?
FALSE - Healthy diets include Healthy snacks
Give 2 reasons why skipping meals is not a good way to lose weight?
1- Eat too much between meals
2- less likely to eat balanced meals
3- you won't have energy to work properly
Name a disease that may be cause by a high-fat diet
Heart disease, arteriosclerosis, colon cancer, breast cancer
How many teaspoons of sugar are in a 12oz. can of pop?
Between 7-11
Is salt more apt to lower or raise blood pressure?
Raise
Name the five food groups.
GRAINS
VEGETABLES
FRUITS
MILK
MEAT & BEANS
Some dieters can't stop dieting. They believe they will never be thin enough. and often starve themselves. What's the name for that kind of eating disorder?
Anorexia nervosa
Nine Calories per gram of fat
A cereal box lists these ingredients: cornmeal, wheat flour, sugar, bran, corn, syrup, salt, dextrose Which are sugars?
Sugar
Corn
Syrup
Dextrose
How much salt does the average American eat in a year?
5 pounds
10 pounds
15 pounds
20 pounds
15 pounds