Fast Food Junkie
You Are What You Eat
Food Guide Facts
The Nuts and Bolts
Food Facts
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?

100

Too much sugar in your diet causes this.

Tooth decay and may lead to extra calories stored as fat.

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?

200

This is a healthy beverage alternative to pop and is available at most fast food restaurants.

What is water, milk or 100% juice?

200

This is the most common cause of death in North America.

What is heart disease?

200

Potatoes in this form do not count as a serving of vegetables.

French fries or potato chips.

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?

300

Fast food often contains high amount of calories, fat and _____.

What is salt (sodium)?

300

This is the part of food that you can’t digest and it can help prevent some types of cancer.

What is fibre?

300

This vegetable is used to make pickles.

What are cucumbers?

300

Calcium and Vitamin D are the main nutrients in this food subgroup.

What is the Milk and Alternatives food subgroup?

300

This is known as the sunshine vitamin. 

What is Vitamin D?

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?

400

This vegetable is a member of the cabbage family and is closely related to cauliflower.

What is broccoli?

400

According to Canada’s Food Guide, this is one serving of juice.

What is ½ cup?

400

A lack of this mineral can cause tiredness and trouble concentrating.

What is iron?

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?

500

Eaten fresh is the summer as a vegetables, it becomes a “grain” when dried out.

What is corn?

500

This is one serving of meat, fish or poultry.

What is 75 g or ½ cup (about the size of the palm of your hand)?

500

This vitamin is important for eyesight.

What is Vitamin A?