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Macronutrients
Controlling Eating
Food Adjectives
FACTS ABOUT FOOD
MISC
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What are 3 examples of carbohydrates?
Bread, rice, pasta, sugar, fruit juice
100
True or False: When people eat out of large packages they eat more than if they eat out of a smaller package.
TRUE
100
What food is most often described as "sharp" or "mild"?
cheese
100
Which vitamin can you get from sunlight? A B C D
Vitamin D
100
What is the word that doctors use to describe someone who is fat?
overweight or obesity
200
True or False: Vitamins contain calories?
FALSE
200
TRUE or FALSE: You shouldn't snack between meals because it will cause you to gain weight.
FALSE: If you are hungry, eating a healthy snack between meals (like a piece or fruit or nuts) will help you avoid over eating
200
What are food 5 adjectives you could use to describe an apple.
Examples: healthy, crunchy, ripe, sour, fresh, over ripe, mushy
200
Milk contains this mineral that helps build strong bones and teeth.
What is Calcium?
200
Ryan is eating a hamburger, French fries, and a soda. What are 2 healthy substitution Ryan could make? (How could he change his meal to make it healthier/less calories)
salad instead of fries, no bacon or cheese in burger, water instead of soda
300
Protein is made of amino acids. How many essential amino acids are there? How many total amino acids are there?
8 of 20
300
TRUE or FALSE: It's easier to resist or avoid eating unhealthy junk food if you cannot see it.
TRUE
300
What are two adjectives to describe meat, such as uncooked ground beef?
lean or fatty
300
This vitamin found in milk helps maintain skin and vision and also helps regulate the immune system.
What is Vitamin A?
300
What is the name of the disease when people cannot break down sugar on their own?
diabetes
400
Why are complex carbohydrates like rice or bread better for your body than simple carbohydrates like candy or fruit juice?
Complex carbs are broken down more slowly by the body, so you have energy for a longer period of time
400
Vocabulary: What is the word that means the size of the food you are eating at one time?
portion
400
What is a positive adjective for the word "sour"
tangy or tart
400
This green vegetable, often eaten raw on salads, contains high amounts of Vitamin C.
broccoli
400
Farmers feed animals corn because corn is cheap and corn makes them fat. Name 4 animals that farmers feed corn to.
chickens, pigs, cows, fish
500
Which fats are healthier, saturated fats or unsaturated fats?
Unsaturated fats are healthier. Examples: olive oil, nuts, corn oil Saturated fat: Examples : butter, margarine, fatty meat
500
Some people argue that the government should put a tax on soda. They give an example of a product that was taxed and had positive results. When this product was taxed, many people quit using them. What was that product?
cigarettes After a tax on cigarettes in California, smoking rates dropped from 23.2% to 2.6% from 1965-2007.
500
What are three words that all mean no flavor or not enough flavor?
tasteless, flavorless, bland
500
Some people argue that a soda tax is really good idea because the money collected from taxes could be used to do what?
obesity prevention program
500
According to the video, Food Inc, why are unhealthy, packaged foods like cookies and soda so much cheaper than healthy foods like fruits and vegetables in America?
The US government subsidizes corn and wheat, which means they give money to farmers so that it is very cheap to grow corn and wheat. One of the main ingredients in packaged junk food is corn and wheat (examples: high fructose corn syrup)