My Plate
Healthy Eating Practices
Foods to Avoid
Weight Control
Nutrition Myths?True or False
100

The sections on the plate depict these.

What are food groups?

100

To make sure you do not overeat often, remember to stop at this point.

What is Stop When you are comfortably full? 

What is Give yourself 20 minutes to feel that you are full?

100

This is a beverage that is very common in the USA and is not a healthy choice. 

What is sugary soda?

100

To lose weight, Energy taken in as Calories must be lower than Energy ____________.

What is expended? Or used up?

100

Wait 1 hour after you eat food before you go swimming.

True or False:

FALSE

Swimming right after you eat has been shown to be safe.

200

The glass next to the plate represents this food group.

What is Dairy or Milk?

200

These are healthy ways to prepare vegetables. 

What is grilling, sauteeing, stir-fry, steaming, eating them fresh or without prep?

200

Too much saturated fat in a diet causes this problem.

What is increased cholesterol and increased risk of developing heart disease? 

200

One way to burn calories is to do this.

What is exercise, move around?

Sing, dance, hobbies, any sports that require you to get up and MOVE?

200

Coffee is bad for you.

True or False:

FALSE.

Too much of any thing can be unhealthy, but taking in caffienated beverages in moderation has been shown to have positive health effects. 

300

A very healthy goal of increasing antioxidant intake is represented by this half of the My Plate diagram.

What is the Fruits & Vegetables side of the plate?

300

Meatless Mondays are a way to accomplish this healthy diet goal.

What is decreasing intake of Animal Products?

300

This is an unhealthy way to prepare vegetables.

What is pan-frying, or deep frying?
300

The American Heart Association has advised Americans for decades to eliminate this from the diet in order to have a healthy heart. 

What is fat?

What is saturated fat?

What is red meat?

What is butter, high fat dairy, other animal products?

300

One can never drink too much water.

True or False:

FALSE

Overdoing water intake can cause electrolyte imbalance and lead to seizures or worse. 

400

The purple section of the plate represents this food group.

What are Proteins or Meat and Meat Substitutes?

400
This is a way to increase fiber and healthy antioxidant intake.

What is - Increase your intake of fruits and vegetables?

400

This is a part of a meal that is sometimes skipped when trying to become healthier or lose weight.

What is dessert?

400

If you are trying to lose weight, and want to drink milk, choose this type of cow's milk. 

What is Skim or 1% Milk Fat?

Don't choose Whole Milk or high-sugar Chocolate Milk. 

400

It's impossible to drink too many energy drinks in a day.

False


The caffeine level is too high in these drinks to not take in MODERATION.

500

These 3 sections of the Plate provide at least some grams of protein daily.

What are the Protein, Grain, and Vegetable sections?

500

This is a diet that has been determined to be the World's Healthiest for many years. 

What is the Mediterranean Diet?

500
The American diet is generally too high in this type of food. (Packaged, etc)

What are overly processed foods?

Examples: frozen entrees, pizza, energy bars, etc etc. 

500

This is a company that works to help people make healthy diet choices while losing weight. Their philosophy includes a POINT SYSTEM for different types of foods. 

What is Weight Watchers?

500

Adult humans need to drink cow's milk.

True or False?


FALSE