Food Groups
This group includes apples, oranges, and bananas:
What is Fruit?
This nutrient gives you energy and is found in bread and pasta:
What are Carbohydrates?
There are _____ sections on MyPlate
What is 5?
Foods like apples, carrots, and grains come from these
What are Plants?
This clear drink your whole body needs helps it work properly
What is water?
This group includes spinach, carrots, and broccoli:
What is Vegetables?
This nutrient helps your body grow and repair (found in meat, eggs, and nuts):
What is Proteins
The color of the protein section on MyPlate
What is purple?
Foods like meat, eggs, and milk come from these
What are Animals?
Eating a healthy diet can help you do this better in school (hint: focus)
This group includes bread, rice, pasta, and oatmeal:
What is Grains?
This nutrient stores extra energy and is found in oils, butter, and avocados:
What are Fats?
The MyPlate sections we should be eating the most of
What are vegetables and fruits?
Examples of plant sources listed include beans, nuts, and ______
What are seeds?
Eating many colors on your plate helps you get this
What is a variety of nutrients (or a well-balanced diet)?
This group includes milk, cheese, and yogurt:
What is Dairy?
These help your body do different jobs (example: "A" helps with eyesight
What are Vitamins?
Slogan to remain healthy is to "eat the _____"
What is rainbow?
The slide showing a farm included animals such as cows and _____ that help produce food.
What are chickens (or pigs)?
One benefit of healthy eating listed is having more of this so you can play and move
What is energy?
This group includes meat, fish, beans, eggs, and nuts:
What is Protein?
This group of nutrients includes calcium and iron and helps your body grow and work:
What are Minerals?
Name one food from the grains section and one from the protein section, and tell one reason each is good for your body
Answers my vary
example: grain- whole grain bread has fiber
eggs- build muscles and tissues
Name one food shown that comes from plants and one that comes from animals.
What is _______ and _________?
Name two things healthy eating can help with?
What are (examples) grow stronger and sleep better?