Breakfast and Grains

Question 1

What are the benefits of eating a nutritious breakfast?

Answer 1

1. Breakfast builds brighter brains
2. Breakfast promotes better behavior and mood.
3. Breakfast helps control weight

Question 2

What should you look for when selecting a nutritious cereal?

Answer 2

Whole grains; at least 3 g fiber, less than 6 g sugar and at least 3 g protein; no hydrogenated oils, artificial preservatives, artificial colors, or high fructose corn syrup

Question 3

What does low fat mean?

Answer 3

3g or less of fat

Question 4

What is the most important part of the nutrition facts?

Answer 4

the ingredient list

Question 5

What are complex carbs?

Answer 5

slow, steady and even

Question 6

How much of a childs diet should be carbohydrates?

Answer 6

50%

Question 6

What does calorie free mean on a label?

Answer 6

Less than 5 calories

Question 7

Low calorie?

Answer 7

40 calories or less

Question 8

Light or lite?

Answer 8

1/3 fewer calories than original or 50% less fat

Question 9

Fat free or sugar free?

Answer 9

Less than 0.5 g of fat or sugar

Question 10

Low fat?

Answer 10

3g of fat or less

Question 11

Reduced fat or reduced sugar?

Answer 11

At least 25% less fat or sugar

Question 12

Cholesterol free

Answer 12

Less than 2 mg cholesterol and 2 g or less of saturated fat

Question 13

Reduced cholesterol?

Answer 13

At least 25% less cholesterol and 2g or less saturated fat

Question 14

What is a simple (sugar) carb?

Answer 14

Carb that the body can quickly convert into energy

Question 15

What is starchy carb?

Answer 15

Complex carb with more complicated chemical structure. It takes longer for the body to digest

Question 16

What is fiber?

Answer 16

A carb that the body cannot digest for energy. Promotes the growth of good bacteria, filling without being fattening, helps rid the body of cholesterol

Question 17

What is a saturated fat?

Answer 17

A solid, hard fat at room temp. Not healthy

Question 18

What is an unsaturated fat?

Answer 18

Healthy fats that are liquid at room temp

Question 19

What is calcium?

Answer 19

An important mineral with a specific job to keep the body healthy (keeping bones healthy, blood pressure low and weight under control)

Question 20

Sodium:

Answer 20

An important mineral the body needs to maintain water balance, keep blood pressure stable, and help muscles and nerves

Question 21

Iron:

Answer 21

An important mineral that helps carry oxygen from our lungs to other parts of the body, helps muscles store and use oxygen, and plays a role in digestion.

Question 22

How much fiber does a child need each day?

Answer 22

Their age plus 5g each day

Question 23

What is insoluble fiber?

Answer 23

• helps food move easily through the intestines

- stringy stuff found in plant leaves, fruit peels, and tough coverings on outside of grains

Question 24

What is soluble fiber?

Answer 24

• allows food to be absorbed by the intestines at a slow, steady rate.
• found in dried beans and peas, oat bran, and some fruit

Question 25

Absorption:

Answer 25

How nutrients from digested food passes from your intestines into your blood