What's On Your Plate?

Question 1

What is the food we eat?

Answer 1

Our diet.

Question 2

What is the food a nutrient is found in?

Answer 2

The source.

Question 3

What is the exercise we do?

Answer 3

Physical activity.

Question 4

What is a disorder caused by gaining excessive weight?

Answer 4

Obesity.

Question 5

What is the process which causes tooth decay?

Answer 5

Dental caries.

Question 6

What is balancing the food we eat with physical activity?

Answer 6

Energy balance.

Question 7

What is the yellow part of the food plate called?

Answer 7

Bread, rice, potatoes, pasta and other starchy foods.

Question 8

What is the blue part of the food plate called?

Answer 8

Milk and dairy foods.

Question 9

What is the purple part of the food plate called?

Answer 9

Foods and drinks high in fat and/or sugar.

Question 10

What is the pink part of the food plate called?

Answer 10

Meat, fish, eggs, beans and other non-dairy sources of protein.

Question 11

What is the green part of the eat well plate called?

Answer 11

Fruit and vegetables.

Question 12

Which nutrients do adolescents need?

Answer 12

Protein, carbohydrates, fat, calcium, iron, vitamin C and non starch polysaccharide (nsp).

Question 13

What are the main nutrients in starchy foods?

Answer 13

Starchy carbohydrate, protein, whole grain provides nsp.

Question 14

What are the main nutrients in fruit and veg?

Answer 14

Nsp and vitamin C.

Question 15

What are the main nutrients in milk and dairy foods?

Answer 15

Protein, calcium and fat.

Question 16

What are the main nutrients in meat, fish, eggs and beans?

Answer 16

Protein, iron and fat.

Question 17

What are the main nutrients in food and drinks high in fat and sugar?

Answer 17

Sugary carbohydrates and fat.

Question 18

What are calories?

Answer 18

A measure of energy.

Question 19

What could eating more calories than we burn result in?

Answer 19

Obesity.

Question 20

Fat is a very concentrated source of energy. What does this mean?

Answer 20

Fat provides lots of energy per gram. We only need small amounts of it.

Question 21

Where should we get our energy from, starchy foods or sugary foods?

Answer 21

Starchy foods.

Question 22

What will eating excessive amounts of sugar lead to?

Answer 22

Obesity and diabetes type two.

Question 23

What can happen to our waste if we do not get enough nsp?

Answer 23

A hard mass which is difficult to get rid of.

Question 24

What can a lack of nsp lead to in the long term?

Answer 24

Bowel cancer.

Question 25

What is a substance is found in the body that has a specifics unction in the body?

Answer 25

Nutrient.