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The term that describes the biological process of your body taking in and using food to support and sustain life
What is nutrition
What is a health problem that good nutrition can help you avoid?
What is unhealthful weight gain, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, stroke, certain cancers, osteoporosis
A complex carbohydrate that the body cannot digest, but that are essential for a healthy gut
What is fiber
What are the three types of carbohydrates?
What is simple, complex, and fiber
Healthy eating occurs...(time length)
Over a lifetime
A unit of heat used to measure the energy your body uses and the energy it receives from food.
What is calorie
Identify an emotion that influences eating when someone isn't hungry
What is stress, loneliness, boredom, etc.
What three types of nutrients are responsible for providing energy?
What are carbohydrates, proteins, fats
Name the 6 types of nutrients
What is carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals, and water.
The recommended weekly activity levels are currently stated as this
What is 150 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity, including 2 days of muscle strengthening (resistance training)?
The macronutrient known for building muscle, but also makes up the enzymes that carry chemical responses throughout the body, and hemoglobin which transports oxygen through the blood
What is protein
The kinds of food that a person, animal, or community habitually eats
Hint: now often a fad term that promotes adjusting eating habits from minor to extreme, and can create unhealthy relationship, poor nutrition, and disrupt hormone regulation
What is Diet
What is the general, daily recommended caloric intake that nutrition labels typically reference?
What is 2,000
This amount is the current, daily recommended amount of water consumed for adults 19+
Between 72-102 oz per day
This organization publishes the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans
What is Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion?
This macronutrient is found in many foods, and is the body's main source of energy. It helps fuel your brain, kidneys, central nervous system, and heart muscles
What is carbohydrates
Name the body's psychological desire for food
What is appetite
Which nutrient has the most calories per gram, and typically has a "bad" reputation but is essential to healthy living?
What is fat
This new way of establishing recommended dietary guidelines was released in 2011 by the USDA (United States Dept. of Agriculture) to replace the former "food pyramid"
MyPlate eating chart
What macronutrient gets a bad rep, but is an essential part of your body's functions, including allowing your body to store energy, transport horomones throughout the body, absorb micronutrients and minerals, and protects cell membranes
What is fat
This is the name of the "stress hormone," which can factor into poor decisions in eating, sleep hygiene, and overall appetite complications
Cortisol
These two macronutrients share the same number of calories per gram (4)
What is Protein and Carbohydrates
True or false: A potato has more potassium than a banana
True
What are benefits from resistance training?
Muscular strength, bone strength, balance and flexibility, horomone regulation, more efficient weight regulation