Food Groups
What are the 5 food groups?
Grains, protein, dairy, fruits and vegetables
Where would you find the nutrients/ ingredients in a food?
Food label
What is the unit of energy in our food?
Calories
Water-soluble vitamins (choose one)______grow or dissolve _____ in water and are not stored in the body
What are the fat soluble vitamins? (4 Letters)
A, D, E, K
Grains, fruits and vegetables.
What are our 3 micronutrients?
Vitamins, minerals and water?
Name 3 ways our body burns calories
-exercising
-basic functions: breathing, eating, resting
______________________________ foods contain a lot of calories without giving you a lot of nutrition.
Junk/ extras
Name 3 benefits of water
The ____________________________ food group includes beef, chicken, and eggs.
Protein
What are our 3 macronutrients
Carbohydrates, proteins, fats
The average adult needs how many calories per day?
2000-2500
Does your body needs more calories on days that you are more physically active? Why?
Yes, because you are burning energy
What does it mean to be nutrient dense?
Getting the most nutrients for the amount of calories?
A slice of bread or a bowl of cereal are both examples of one _______________________ from the grain food group.
serving
How many calories per gram are in the following:
Carbs:
protein:
Fats:
4
4
9
_______________ is all the chemical processes that occur in your body to keep you alive. (hint:if you burn through calories fast, you have a high _______)
Metabolism
The biggest factor that affects how many calories your body needs is ____________
Current body weight
These 3 things make up how many calories are in a food?
carbs, protein, and fats
Foods that contain ingredients from more than one food group are called ____________________________ foods.
combination
A _________________________________ is good because it gives you the right balance of each vitamin.
Multivitamin
Name 3 factors that affect how many calories you need to eat each day
________ _________ _________ is how many calories your body needs if it just stayed at rest
Basal metabolic Rate
Who needs more calories
Shorter or taller people? Males or females? A teenager or an 65 year old?
taller, females, and teenager