Evaluating Food, Lifestyle, and Diet

Question 1

When evaluating the how healthy a food is, what could be indicators of it being unhealthy?

(3)

Answer 1

1. Lots of fat - raise cholesterol
2. Lots of calories/ energy - obesity
3. Lots of salt - health problems like high blood pressure

Question 2

What could be an indicator of a healthy food?

Answer 2

1. Lots of calcium - an important mineral

Question 3

What does ‘lifestyle’?

(2)

Answer 3

1. What you do
2. What you eat

Question 4

Having a healthy diet is all about having a…

Answer 4

… BALANCED diet

Question 5

If a food contains lots of vitamins and fibre, does that guarentee it is healthy?

Answer 5

NO - if it contains lots of sugar and salt, etc, it will also do your body HARM