Section 1
The process by which your body takes in and uses food.
What is Nutrition?
Starches and sugars found in food.
What are Carbohydrates?
Foods with a high ratio of nutrients to calories.
What are Nutrient-dense foods?
Substances added to a food to produce a desired effect.
What are Food Additives?
What is the recommended percent of carbs your meal should be.
What is under 60%?
The natural physical drive to eat, prompted by the body’s need for food.
What is Hunger?
A waxy, fat-like substance.
What is Cholesterol?
A set of recommendations about smart eating and physical activity for all Americans.
What are The Dietary Guidelines for Americans?
This date shows the last day on which a store should sell a product.
What is the sell-by date?
What is the recommended about of fat that should be in your meal.
What is less then 30%?
The psychological desire for food.
What is an Appetite?
A tough, complex, carbohydrate that the body cannot digest.
What is fiber?
Name two sensible snacks.
What are Fresh fruit, vegetables, string cheese, unsalted nuts, air popped popcorn, fat free yogurt, or breadsticks?
Shows the date which a food was proc or packaged.
What is the Pack Date?
The calories per gram in lipids.
What is 9 calories per gram?
The people and things around you also affect what you choose to eat.
What are environmental influences?
Nutrients the body uses to build and maintain its cells and tissues, made up of amino acids.
What are proteins?
An interactive guide to healthful eating and active living.
What is MyPlate?
Treating a substance with heat to kill or slow the growth of pathogens.
What is Pasteurization?
The calories per gram in carbs.
What is 4 calories per gram?
A unit of heat used to measure the energy your body uses and the energy it receives from food.
What is a Calorie?
The three types of fats.
Unsaturated fats, saturated fats, and trans fats.
The average amount of time teens should be physically active for a day.
What are 60 minutes?
The spreading of pathogens from one food to another.
What is Cross Contamination?
The calories per gram in proteins.
What is 4 calories per gram?