2. Food group intro

Question 1

What five groups does a healthy body need nutrients from?

Answer 1

Carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, and minerals

Question 2

What are the four stages of digestion?

Answer 2

ingesting, digesting, absorbing, eliminating

Question 3

What are nutrients?

Answer 3

nutrients are substances the body needs for energy, growth, development, repair, or maintenance

Question 4

Where do you get nutrients?

Answer 4

Nutrients come from the food you eat.

Question 5

what does the word diet mean?

Answer 5

Diet means the amount and type of food you should eat to maintain your health.

Question 6

What are the four food groups?

Answer 6

the four food groups are 1. grain products, 2. vegetables and fruit, 3. milk products, 4. meat and alternatives.

Question 7

Explain this pyramid.

Answer 7

Each coloured band represents six food groups (not 4) grains, vegetables, fruits, oils, milk products, meat/beans. You should choose foods in moderation from each of the coloured bands in the pyramid. The stair climber is to remind you that you also need an active lifestyle.

Question 8

Explain this image

Answer 8

You must eat food to get nutrients. Nutrients are in the form of carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins and minerals. These nutrients provide energy and materials which are used by the body for growth, development and repair.

Question 9

What does food availability mean?

Answer 9

We tend to eat food that is in our local stores or part of our family traditions.

Question 10

Give an example to explain why where you live might affect your diet, but not the nutrients you need.

Answer 10

In the north of Canada people might eat Canada goose or seal for their iron intake, but in the coastal regions they might eat clams, mussels or kelp from the ocean and would still get these nutrients.