The role of Food
What influences your food choices
Nutrients
Carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals
100
A substance in food that your body needs
Nutrients
100
Name 2 of the 6 factors that influence your choice of food
Peer pressure, availability, convenience, knowledge of nutrition, advertising, family and culture
100
sugars and starches that occur naturally in foods
Carbohydrates
100
a type of complex carbohydrate that the body cannot digest
Fiber
200
The study of nutrients and how the body uses them
Nutrition
200
Psychological desire for food
appetite
200
nutrients your body uses to build, repair, and maintain cells and tissues
proteins
200
What are the 2 types of carbohydrates
complex and simple
300
Name two nutrients that provide energy
proteins, carbohydrates, and fats
300
Physical need for food
hunger
300
Fats that are solid at room temperature
saturated fats
300
substances that help your body fight infections and use other nutrients
vitamins
400
Name two nutrients that help the body run well
Vitamins, minerals, and water
400
Yoshi, who grew up in Japan, prefers miso soup and rice for breakfast. Which of the 6 factors influence Yoshi's choice.
family and culture
400
Fats that remain liquid at room temperature
unsaturated fats
400
elements that help form healthy bones and teeth, and regulate certain body processes
Minerals
500
Name one way nutrients help the body
build new tissue, repair damaged cells, produce energy
500
Name one role water does for your body
digest and absorb food, regulates body temperature and blood circulation, carries nutrients and oxygen to cells
500
Fatty substance found in the blood
cholesterol
500
What are the 2 kinds of vitamins
water soluble and fat soluble