Food Guide Facts
The Nuts and Bolts
Food Facts
Fast Food Junkie
Don't Over Eat or Else
100
This food group has bread, rice and pasta products and provides your body with energy.
What is the Grain Products food group?
100
This is the best way to get the vitamins and minerals your body needs.
What is eating?
100
Too much sugar in your diet causes this.
What is Tooth decay and may lead to extra calories stored as fat.
100
This is a healthier alternative to french fries.
What is baked potato or salad?
100
As well as eating healthy foods, we need to do this to keep our bodies healthy.
What is exercise?
200
This food group provides your body with rich sources of protein.
What is the Meat and Alternatives food group?
200
The vitamin and the mineral that is important for bone strength.
What is Vitamin D and calcium?
200
Potatoes in this form do not count as a serving of vegetables.
What is French fries or potato chips.
200
This is a healthy beverage alternative to pop and is available at most fast food restaurants.
What is milk or 100% juice?
200
This is the part of food that you can't digest and it can help prevent some types of cancer.
What is fibre?
300
Calcium and Vitamin D are the main nutrients in this food group.
What is the Milk and Alternatives food group?
300
This is known as the sunshine vitamin.
What is Vitamin D?
300
This vegetable is used to make pickles.
What are cucumbers?
300
Fast food often contains high amounts of calories, fat and ____________________.
What is salt (sodium)?
300
This is the most common cause of death in North America?
What is heart disease?
400
According to Canada's Food Guide, this is one serving of juice.
What is 1/2 cup?
400
A lack of this mineral can cause tiredness and trouble concentrating.
What is iron?
400
This vegetable is a member of the cabbage family and is closely related to cauliflower.
What is broccoli?
400
An average fast food meal contains approximately this percentage of calories as fat.
What is 50%?
400
Blood sugar levels are controlled by diet and/or insulin injections in this disease.
What is diabetes?
500
This is one serving of meat, fish or poultry.
What is 75 g or 1/2 cup (about the size of the palm of your hand)?
500
This vitamin is important for eyesight.
What is Vitamin A?
500
Eaten fresh in the summer as vegetables, it becomes a "grain" when dried out.
What is corn?
500
This fast food restaurant chain was the first to offer healthier options such as salads and baked potatoes.
What is Wendy's?
500
Salt is used by the body to control blood pressure. Too much of it can cause this in some people.
What is high blood pressure or hypertension?