Protein Food Group

Meat, fish, beans, peas, eggs, and nuts are all part of the ________food group.

• vegetables

• grains

• fruit

• protein

Proteins are one of five food groups in the ________ diagram.

• my food

• My Plate

• sometimes foods

• illustration

The only way you can get protein is to eat meat.

• True

• False

• Maybe yes

• sometimes

Teen boys should have 6 or 7 ounces of protein each day. That is equal to _____ pieces of chicken that are the size of your hand.

• 10

• 100

• 2

• 5

It is important to eat protein from __________ sources. That means you should not get your protein from just one kind of food.

• many different

• just one

• one type

• only one

Doctors say that it is good to eat this kind of protein:

• high fat

• no fat

• low fat

• high salt

True or false? Eating fat is okay for your body.

• true - Your body needs some fat! Just not too much!

• false

• maybe

True or False? Protein helps build bones and muscles.

• true

• false

• sometimes

• no

True or False? Eating lots of protein helps you have long hair.

• True

• False - Almost all scientists agree that eating lots of protein will not change your hair.

• maybe

True or False? Protein helps build parts of your skin and your blood.

• True. Protein is a building block. Your body could not make skin or blood without protein.

• False - your skin does not need protein.

• maybe

• sometimes

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