Nutrients
This nutrient is the body's main source of quick energy for your brain and muscles.
What are carbohydrates?
This fraction of your plate should be fruits and vegetables.
What is one half (½)?
Check this first on a nutrition label, because every other number is based on it.
What is serving size?
This carbohydrate aids digestion and is found in whole grains, fruits, and vegetables.
What is fiber?
This is the study of how the food we eat gives our bodies energy and the building blocks to grow, heal, and stay healthy.
What is nutrition?
This nutrient builds and repairs muscles, skin, and other body tissue.
What is protein?
This fraction of your plate should be grains.
What is one quarter (¼)?
This is the amount of energy in one serving of food.
What are calories?
This kind of grain keeps all three original parts.
What is a whole grain?
Food gives your body this kind of fuel, used to move, think, and play.
What is energy?
This nutrient provides long-lasting energy and helps your body absorb some vitamins.
What is fat?
This fraction of your plate should be protein.
What is one quarter (¼)?
This abbreviation shows how much a nutrient contributes to a full day's diet.
What is %DV (Percent Daily Value)?
This is sugar put into food during processing, rather than occurring naturally in the food.
What is added sugar?
This job of food helps build new cells, muscles, and bones.
What is growth?
This term describes a diet that includes all six nutrients in the right amounts.
What is a balanced diet?
Besides fruits, vegetables, grains, and protein, MyPlate recommends this food group as a side.
What is dairy?
A %DV of this percentage or less is considered low.
What is 5%?
This mineral is found in salt, and eating too much of it can affect blood pressure.
What is sodium?
This job of food helps heal cuts, bruises, and everyday wear and tear.
What is repair?
This nutrient carries other nutrients through your body, regulates temperature, and aids digestion.
What is water?
This is the name of the visual guide that shows how to build a balanced meal on a plate.
What is MyPlate?
A %DV of this percentage or more is considered high.
What is 20%?
This term describes the amount of food you choose to eat at one time.
What is portion size?
These are the three main jobs food does for your body.
What are energy, growth, and repair?