Food groups
What are the five food groups?
Protein, grains, vegetables, fruit, dairy.
The lower the sugar the healthier it is. True or false?
True. Low amount of sugar is healthy
Social media cannot affect what we eat and drink. True or false.
False.
Salad is more expensive than a hamburger. True or false.
True.
Caffeine is NOT addictive. True or false.
False. Caffeine IS addictive.
List a food in the grains.
Toast, cereal, oatmeal, nuts, noodles
How can you tell if a food is healthy or unhealthy?
By looking at the nutrition label.
Fast food restaurants having open play structures for children to play in is apart of what type of influence?
Community.
Fast food restaurant's create kid meals with toys to attract younger audiences. True or False.
True.
What color fruits and vegetables should you consume?
All of the colors.
What food groups should you have on your plate to make it a balanced meal.
A protein (chicken, fish) or Grain/ carbohydrate (pasta).
based on the amount of food that people may typically eat at one time. (Ex. cereal box has 12 servings which creates 12 bowls)
List three influences that can effect our diets.
family, peers, community, school, media, technology
Fast food quality has gotten better or worse over the years?
Food quality has gotten worse.
Trans fat is considered the best or worst type of fat to eat.
Worst type of fat.
Schools are required to serve how many categories out of the food group.
All five categories.
Do boys have a higher or lower calorie intake than girls?
Higher.
Define Influence.
Someone or something that effects the way we think, how we feel and how we act.
What do fast food places and unhealthy foods have to reach younger audiences?
A memorizable mascot/ character
Nutrients are important because they:
A) Are in healthy foods
B) Give us energy
C) Make food taste good
B) Gives us energy
Is soy milk dairy?
No. Soy milk is plant based and is an alternative for people who are allergic to dairy.
Another word for sodium?
Salt.
Peers can model the eating and drinking of others. What does this mean?
Copying what your peers do.
Ex: if your friend came to school everyday with a Gatorade, that will make you want to start doing it too.
Door dash, Uber eats and Grub hub are all apps that do what?
Deliver fast food to your house.
Chocolate can contain a little bit of what?
Caffeine.