A balance diet

Question 1

What is a balanced diet?

Answer 1

-consists of all the (7) food substances in the right amounts and proportions

Question 2

We have to drink 6-8 glasses of water every day ?

Answer 2

No. It’s not water , it’s fluid .

Question 3

We have to drink 6-8 glasses of fluid every day ?

Answer 3

Yes.

Question 4

What are the consequences we have if we eat too much fatty and sugary food ?

Answer 4

-overweight and heart disease

Question 5

What if we eat too much salt ?

Answer 5

high blood pressure

Question 6

1 glass = ? , 1 bowl = ? , 1 tael of meat = ? , 1 serving of vegetables = ? , 1 serving of fruits = ?

Answer 6

1 glass = 240 mL
1 bowl = 250-300mL
1 tael of meat = size of table tennis ball
1 serving of vegetables = half bowl
1 serving of fruits = 1 meduim fruit (e.g. an orange or an apple )

Question 7

Definition of eating too little

Answer 7

energy input is less than their energy output

Question 8

Definition of eating too much

Answer 8

energy input is greater than energy output (gain weight)

Question 9

Definition of being overweight

Answer 9

• Excess lipids in the diet are stored as fat in the body, and excess sugars, starch and protein may also be converted into fat and stored in the body.
• When body weight exceeds normal levels, a person is said to be overweight.

Question 10

Definition of being overweight

Answer 10

• Excess lipids in the diet are stored as fat in the body, and excess sugars, starch and protein may also be converted into fat and stored in the body.
• When body weight exceeds normal levels, a person is said to be overweight.

Question 11

The disease name of being seriously overweight

Answer 11

obesity

Question 12

People who are overweight or obese have a higher risk of getting ………(diseases )

Answer 12

diabetes mellitus (糖尿病), high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, arthritis (關節炎)