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What is Paola's favorite meal to eat?
T/F - It's important to know your family's health history?
True. Knowing your family history can help identify if you are at higher risk for a disease. Helps with providing early warning signs of disease and treatments. Help plan lifestyle changes to keep you healthy.
T/F - Healthy foods can cure diseases.
False. Healthy foods do not cure diseases but can help prevent and treat illness.
What is Natalie's favorite meal to cook?
Salmon with cucumber, carrots, avocado, and seaweed.
What is the most important meal of the day?
Breakfast
T/F - Nutrition influences mental health.
True.
t/f: Healthy eating does not mean never having anything unhealthy, just eating balanced portions of each food group.
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How many vitamins do our bodies need?
13
Our diet not only affects our _____ health but also our _____ health.
physical, mental
Name the 5 food groups
fruits, grains, vegetables, protein and dairy
What is the most important vitamin that our bodies need?
Vitamin D
What are the 3 meals that we should be having a day?
breakfast, lunch and dinner
Name a food item from each food group
fruits: apples, pears, grapes, etc
vegetables: carrots, celery, broccoli, etc
grains: bread, pasta, cereal, etc
protein: meat, chicken, fish, etc
dairy: milk, yogurt, etc
What is the nutrition label?
Nutrition label located behind every packaging, provides us with amounts and percentages of what the food item contians.
Half of your plate of food should be made out of these 2 food categories
Fruits and Vegetables
DAILY DOUBLE!!
T/F - The recommended daily intake of sugar is 6 teaspoons per day.
True
What does SAD stand for?
Standard American Diet
What is a food desert?
An area that has limited access to affordable and nutritious food
How many glasses of water are recommended to drink daily?
Six to Eight
What 5 areas impact physical and mental health?
Nutrition, weight management, exercise, sleep and substance use
Alison gets home from school tired and hungry, she makes herself a cup noodles. Did she make herself a fake or real food?
Fake - Cup Noodles are packed with sodium and chemicals to make them last long on the shelves. They lack fiber, protein and other crucial vitamins and minerals.
What is a downfall of not eating healthy?
It can affect your blood pressure as well as decreasing your energy level
Why are vitamins important?
Name at least 3 factors that cause inflammation in the body
Stress, poor quality foods, physical inactivity, smoking or substance abuse, lack of sleep