Nutrition
HALF of a healthy plate should be made up of these.
What are fruits and veggies?
Name one example of an aerobic exercise
What is Hiking/running, Dancing, Swimming, Biking, Stairs/elliptical, or Most team sports?
The CDC recommends this many hours of sleep per night for teens.
What is 8-10 hours?
Understanding the impact of your food choices on your health, the environment, and our economy.
What is food literacy?
The chronic health condition is characterized by an inability to regulate the amount of sugar in the bloodstream. Is associated with a diet high in sugar.
What is type II diabetes?
This type of grain keeps all part of the seed. It's a better source of fiber and vitamins.
What are WHOLE grains?
Teens should spend this much time getting moderate to vigorous physical activity most days of the week
What is one hour?
Name ONE way sleep benefits thinking and academic skills?
What is improves memory and creativity, boosts brain development, sharpens attention/focus, or improves decision-making skills?
the cultivation of a single crop in a given area.
What is monoculture?
What are 8-10 glasses of water?
What is quantity?
Lifting weights or using resistance bands are examples of this type of exercise.
What is strength or anaerobic?
During adolescence, the brain releases this hormone (which makes you sleepy) later at night.
What is melatonin?
Name a characteristic of a food desert.
What is a neighborhood with no or few grocery stores, where it is difficult to find fresh produce, locals rely on corner stores and fast food restaurants, and there is a high prevalence of chronic health conditions?
These give you energy like charging up a battery.
What are calories?
Name 3 examples of lean proteins.
What are beans, lentils, eggs, tofu, chicken breast, white fish, bison, beef or pork loin, or low-fat dairy?
Yoga, pilates, and tai chi are examples of this type of exercise.
What is balance/flexibility?
Name two examples of good sleep routines.
What is have a consistent sleep schedule, don't use electronics right before bed, get regular exercise, or avoid large meals or caffeine late in the day?
The largest source of greenhouse gas emissions from the food sector.
What is red meat?
large-scale, intensive production of crops and animals, often involving use of chemical fertilizers or antibiotics
What is industrial agriculture?
Fructose is one of many names for this.
What is sugar?
Name TWO signs of getting TOO MUCH exercise?
What are exhaustion, poor immune system, overuse injuries like stress fracture, exercise becoming the focus of life, sleeplessness, or depression?
Name 2 benefits studies have shown of later school start times.
What are students reported feeling rested and alert., grades and test scores improved, 1st period attendance improved, the number of on-campus fights fell, drop-out rates fell, fewer students reported feeling depressed to their counselors, and teen car accidents were reduced?
Name the government agency that regulates food safety and quality (and also drugs like vaccines).
What is the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)?
During the Great Depression, the federal government started providing these to help struggling farmers.
What are subsidies?