Are designed to help Americans get more nutrients without the extra calories.
What is Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
100
The smallest sliver on the food pyramid.
What is oils.
100
Nutrients used for building, maintaining, and repairing tissues and cells.
What is a protein.
200
Are the substances found in food that your body needs to function properly.
What is a nutrient.
200
Carbohydrates, Vitamins, Minerals, Protein, Fat, and Water
What is are the six essential nutrients.
200
The three things the Dietary Guidelines for Americans believe you should do.
What is choosing healthy, nutritious food, staying fit, and limiting food items that increase disease risk.
200
The largest sliver on food pyramid and an example of one.
What is grains, example, bread, pasta, etc.
200
Without these your body will not function properly.
What is vitamins and minerals.
300
is the process in which food is broken down into a form that your body can use.
What is digestion.
300
Provide energy for your body.
What is a carbohydrate.
300
Food Guidance System that is a tool to help you understand how much of each type of food you should eat everyday.
What is MyPyramid.
300
This group is full of proteins necessary for repairing and rebuilding the body.
What is meats and beans.
300
You can go several weeks without food but only a few days without?
What is water.
400
The process of Digestion
What is chewing your food, food moving into the stomach and being broken down by acid, moving to the small intestine where it is turned into nutrients that are used by the body for energy.
400
Are nutrients that store energy, cushion the body, and protect nerves.
What is a fat.
400
States the number of servings in the container, the number of calories in each serving, and the quantitiy of nutrients in each serving.
What is a nutrition facts label.
400
Vitamins and Minerals are found highly in these two food groups.
What is veggies and fruits.
400
A healthy plate is made up of?
What is meats and beans, grains, fruits and vegetables.
500
The six factors that affect your food choices.
What is family traditions, availablility of foods, convience of foods, what your friends eat, personal taste, overall cost of food.
500
4 benefits of water.
What is hydration, moistens eyes and mouth, regulates body temperature, wash away waste products.
500
A standard amount of food that allows foods to be compared with one another versus the amount of food you want to eat.
What is serving size versus portion.
500
Zinc versus Vitamin C
What is a mineral versus a vitamin.
500
What is "what does does it mean to practice good nutrition and how does it effect our lives?