Diet and Metabolic Rate

Question 1

To have a HEALTHY diet, you must have a BALANCED diet including all 5 food groups
What are they and why is it important?

Answer 1

CARBOHYDRATES - release ENERGY
FATS - keep WARM and to release ENERGY
PROTEINS - GROWTH, CELL REPAIR and CELL REPLACEMENT
FIBRE - keep everything moving SMOOTHLY through your digestive system
VITAMINS and MINERAL IONS - to help your skin, bones, blood and everything healthy

Question 2

You need [ ] to fuel the chemical reactions in the body that keep you alive. These reactions are called your [ ], and the speed at which they occur is your [ ]

Answer 2

energy
metabolism
metabolic rate

Question 3

What needs more energy; muscle or fatty tissue?

How does this affect metabolic rate?

Answer 3

Muscle

People with a higher proportion of muscle to fat in their bodies will have a HIGHER metabolic rate

Question 4

How does a person’s size affect metabolic rate?

Answer 4

Physically bigger people, have a higher metabolic rate. The bigger you are the more energy your body needs to be supplied with - because you have more cells

Question 5

What else, other than size and muscle:fat ratio, might affect metabolic rate?

Answer 5

Genetic factors

Question 6

What can you do to increase your metabolic rate?

Answer 6

Do regular exercise, because it boosts muscle

Question 7

When you exercise, you need more [ ] - so your metabolic rate goes [ ] during exercise and stays [ ] some time after you finish

Answer 7

Energy
Up
High

Question 8

Your activity levels affect the amount of [ ] your diet should contain. If you do [ ] you need less energy, so less [ ] and [ ] in your diet

Answer 8

energy
little exercise
fat
carbohydrates