Important Vitamins
Eating the Rainbow
Easy Healthy Choices
100

This vitamin helps build strong bones for you and your baby.

Vitamin D

100

True or false? Eating many different colors of fruits and vegetables is good for your health.

True

100

This is often cheaper and lasts longer: fresh or frozen fruits and vegetables?

Frozen

200

This vitamin helps your baby’s brain grow.

Folic Acid

200

Give an example of a meal that includes at least 2 different colored fruits or vegetables.

any reasonable combo (ex. chicken with broccoli and carrots

200

This fruit is easy to carry, doesn’t need washing, and is high in potassium

Bananas

300

If you feel very tired during pregnancy, you may need more of this mineral found in foods like beans and meat.

Iron

300

If your plate only has beige foods (like rice or bread), what is one thing you could add to make it healthier?

 a fruit or vegetable

300

If you don’t have time to cook, name one quick way to add fruits or veggies to your meal

a smoothie/ bagged salad/ frozen veggies/fruit snack

400

Name one food that is high in folic acid

spinach/ leafy greens/ beans/ fortified cereal

400

Green vegetables like broccoli and spinach help your body get this important pregnancy vitamin.

Folate

400

Name one way to eat healthy on a budget while pregnant.

Use WIC, buy frozen, buy in season, choose canned