Healthy Diet Flashcards
1
Q
What is a healthy/balanced diet?
A
A diet that consists of the right amount of foods from each food group.
2
Q
Why do we need carbohydrates?
A
For energy which keeps the body functioning.
3
Q
Why do we need protein?
A
For muscle growth and repair.
4
Q
Eating excess fat and carbohydrates leads to…
A
Obesity.
5
Q
How do deficiency diseases develop?
A
Deficiency diseases develop when a person is lacking in a particular vitamin.
6
Q
What is malnourished?
A
Lacking in a food group.
7
Q
How can a person be malnourished and fit?
A
Something to do with missing a food group.
E.G. They could be eating the right amounts of foods from some food groups and exercising well but missing foods from another food group. (missing vitamins, for example)
