Unit 1 & 2- Study Guide

Question 1

Protein

Answer 1

Nutrients needed for building body cells and repairing damaged cells.

Question 2

Carbohydrates

Answer 2

Nutrients that are the body’s most useful source of energy and fiber.

Question 3

Fats

Answer 3

Nutrients that provide the body with energy and carry certain vitamins into the blood.

Question 4

Vitamins

Answer 4

Nutrients from living things that control activities of cells and of the body in general.

Question 5

Nutrients

Answer 5

Substances that your body needs to work and grow well.

Question 6

Balanced Diet

Answer 6

A variety of foods in meals and snacks in amounts that provide the nutrients needed to stay healthy.

Question 7

Food Guide Pyramid/MyPlate

Answer 7

A chart showing the number of daily servings from each of the five food groups needed for a balanced diet.

Question 8

Serving

Answer 8

A single portion of food.

Question 9

Dietary Guidelines

Answer 9

Suggestions for making healthful food choices that can lower your risk of disease.

Question 10

Cholesterol

Answer 10

A soft, waxy substance in all your body cells.

Question 11

Empty Calories

Answer 11

Calories from foods that have a large amount of fats and sugars but few other nutrients.

Question 12

Additive

Answer 12

A chemical other than basic food, that door manufacturers add during processing.

Question 13

Enrich

Answer 13

To add nutrients were lost during processing of a food.

Question 14

Fortify

Answer 14

To add new nutrients to a food.

Question 15

Preservative

Answer 15

A food additive that keeps food from spoiling quickly

Question 16

Ingredient

Answer 16

Something that goes into making a food product

Question 17

Processed

Answer 17

Changed in some way

Question 18

Eating Disorder

Answer 18

A loss of control over normal eating patterns.

Question 19

Anorexia Nervosa

Answer 19

An eating disorder in which a person does not eat enough food, resulting in extreme and dangerous loss of weight.

Question 20

Bulimia

Answer 20

An eating disorder in which a person eats large amounts of food an then does not eat for a time or purges/pukes food out of the body.

Question 21

Fad Diet

Answer 21

A popular diet that may not be nutritionally sound.

Question 22

Body Image

Answer 22

A persons view of their own body.