This category contains foods like broccoli and carrots
A. Things that grow in the dirt
B. What are vegetables
C. The cold isle in the supermarket
B. What are vegetables
Children should consume a variety of foods from the five major food groups.
What are the five?
A. Breakfast, Brunch, Lunch, Snack, Dinner
B. Celery, Apples, Toast, Fish, Milk
C. Vegetables, Fruits, Bread/Cereal/Pasta, Protein, Dairy Products
C. Vegetables, Fruits, Bread/Cereal/Pasta, Protein, Dairy Products
How many grams of protein should teenagers consume daily?
A. 10 to 15 grams
B. 30 to 40 grams
C. Over 60 grams
D. 45 to 60 grams
D. 45 to 60 grams
What 3 types of nutrients in food serve as the body's energy sources?
A. Bread, Cereal, Pasta
B. Protein, Carbohydrates, Fats
C. Vitamins, Minerals, Supplements
B. Protein, Carbohydrates, Fats
*The nutrients in protein, carbohydrates, and fats in food serve as the body's energy sources.
True or False? Girls require an average 2,200 calories per day.
True!
*1,600 - 2,400 calories per day
This food group has foods like apples and oranges in it. They contain lots of vitamins and minerals.
A. What are lipids
B. What are greens and veggies
C. What are fruits
What are fruits
A white substance that can get into your blood vessels and clog them, causing heart disease. This substance comes from fatty meats mostly.
What is cholesterol
How much carbohydrates should adolescents consume daily?
A. 20% - 30%
B. 45% - 60%
C. 50% - 60%
D. None of these are correct!
C. 50% - 60%
Out of the 3 types of nutrients in food that serve as the body's energy sources, is the least concerned for adolescents?
Protein
*Of the 3 (protein, carbohydrates, fat), we're least concerned about protein. Not because it isn't important - 50% of our body weight is made up of protein - but because adolescents in the US get twice as much protein as they need.
True or False? Boys require an average of 1,600 per day.
False
*Boys require an average of 2,800 calories per day
*1,800 - 3,200
This food group is full of foods that contain carbohydrates. You should make half of your food from this group whole.
A. What are proteins
B. What are grains
C. What are fats
B. What are grains
This type of carbohydrate component is found in foods like fruits, vegetables, whole-grain breads, cereals, brown rice, beans, seeds, and nuts.
A. Vitamins
B. Glucose
C. Fiber
D. Sucrose
C. Fiber
How many calories per day do teenage girls need?
A. 1,600 - 2,400
B. 1,000 - 1,400
C. 1,200 - 1,400
D. 1,400 - 1,600
A. 1,600 - 2,400
This type of nutrient in food is found in starches and sugars. It gets converted into the body's main fuel: the simple sugar glucose.
Carbohydrates
*Complex carbs provide sustained energy; that's why you often see marathon runners and other athletes downing big bowls of pasta before competing.
A good source of energy, but you shouldn't eat more than 30% of calories from this.
What is fat
This group is high in protein rich foods, such as beef, fish and beans.
A. What is the very top of the pyramid
B. What is bulk and muscle growth food
C. What are meats and beans
C. What are meats and beans
This nutrient builds and repairs cells and muscles and is found on foods like meat, beans, nuts, fish, milk, yogurt, cheese, and eggs.
What is protein
How many calories per day do teenage boys need?
A. 1,400 - 1,600
B. 1,200 - 1,400
C. 1,600 - 2,400
D. 1,800 - 3,200
D. 1,800 - 3,200
This waxy substance found in fatty foods can clog an artery and eventually cause it to harden. This can lead to a heart attack or a stroke.
Cholesterol
*Fatty foods contain cholesterol, a waxy substance that can clog an artery and eventually cause it to harden. The danger of atherosclerosis is that the blockage will affect one of the blood vessels leading to the heart or the brain, setting off a heart attack or a stroke. Although these life-threatening events usually don't strike until later in adult life. the time to start practicing prevention is NOW, by reducing the amount of fat in your family's diet.
The process of taking in food and nutrients for growth and energy is called _______. It is also the name of your current lesson.
What is nutrition
This group is full of calcium rich foods, like yogurt and cheese
A. Foods Mrs. Uydea and Ms. Mangayam can't eat
B. What is the milk or dairy group
C. What is protein
What is the milk or dairy group
If your family eats a lot of packaged and processed foods, make it a habit to read the ___________.
A. Newspaper or Magazines
B. Nutritional Facts or Food Labels
C. Articles about Nutrition
D. Latest Health Guides from Dr. Oz
B. Nutritional Facts or Food Labels
*Make it a habit of reading the food labels. You may be surprised to see how much fat, sugar and salt (sodium) is in the foods you eat every day. And almost all packaged goods that contain fat are likely to have partially hydrogenated fat, because it has a longer shelf life.
Adequate nutrition during adolescence is important for helping prevent which adult diet-related chronic disease?
A. Osteoporosis
B. Cardiovascular Disease
C. Diabetes
D. All answers are correct!
D. All answers are correct!
_______ are the measurement used to express the energy delivered by food. The body demands more _______ during early adolescence than at any other time of life.
Calories
*CALORIES are the measurement used to express the energy delivered by food. The body demands more CALORIES during early adolescence than at any other time of life.
Other than a using a measuring cup or scale, what can you use to measure your food serving?
Your fist