FOOD FACTS
This vegatable, often served mashed, has lots of Vitamin C.
What is a potato?
This nutrient is very rich in bread, potatoes and spaghetti.
What is carbodydrates?
This fruit with a yellow peel is high in potassium and is the most popular fruit in the U.S.
What is the banana
The chemical compounds in food that are used by the body to function properly and maintain health.
What are nutrients?
Anorexia is an eating disorder with lack or loss of appetite for food resulting in unhealthy weight loss.
What is TRUE
Although often considered a vegatable, this food is actually a fruit.
What is a tomato?
Turkey, Milk, cheese, and eggs are all good sources of this nutrient.
What is protein?
This vegetable comes in various colors, such as red, yellow, orange, and green. They can be eaten raw or cooked.
What are peppers
The study of food and how it works in your body.
What is nutrition?
Hypertension is where your blood glucose (blood sugar) is too high.
What is FALSE
Drying grapes for several days will give you this fruit.
What is a raisin?
This nutrient helps your body regulate body functions like produce energy and fight infections.
What is vitamins?
This is a plump, nutritious orange vegetable, which is low in calories but rich in vitamins and minerals, all of which are also in its seeds, leaves, and juices. It is also called a winter squash and is used for soup.
What is pumpkin?
Also called fiber, this is the part of plant foods that the body cannot digest or absorb.
What is roughage?
In the Caribbean, there are FIVE Food Groups.
What is FALSE?
(There are 6)
This vegetable contains more water than a watermelon.
What is iceberg lettuce?
Not a nutrient, but this transports good things to your body cells and flushes out waste products.
What is water?
This is another name for dried plums.
What is a prune?
An imbalance between the body’s need and the intake of nutrients, which can lead to nutritional disorders.
What is malnutrition?
We get Vitamins and Minerals from Fruits and Vegetables.
What is TRUE?
This food in the milk group contains live cultures and can be brought whipped, mixed with fruit, or frozen.
What is yogurt?
This nutrient gives you iron, calcium, and potassium.
What are minerals?
This green vegetable, often eaten raw on salads, contains high amounts of Vitamin C.
What is broccoli?
The condition where a person has excessive body fat caused by the consumption of more calories than their body can use.
What is obesity?
Beans, peas, nuts and seeds are rich in carbohydrates.
What is FALSE?
(Rich in Protein)