Good Eats 11-6

Your family would like to develop healthier eating habits. Which of the following strategies would be the best approach to reaching that goal?

• Replace all the food in the kitchen with healthy options right away

• Plan meals for the week while shopping at the grocery store

• Decide each afternoon what to make for dinner that night

• Try cooking with recipes that help you create balanced meals

Which of the following sources of processed carbohydrates can replace spaghetti and provide no food additives?

• A single serve package of salted crackers

• Enriched white rice

• A pre-cut baking potato

• Calcium enriched pasta

Wendy has found that she must consume 2,000 calories a day to reach her health goals and she has been following this carefully, but lately she has been feeling exhausted and dizzy. Her Fitbit alerted her that she is exercising and losing up to 600 calories a day. Wendy did not factor this into her nutrition plan. What strategy should Wendy use to improve her habits?

• Stop exercising altogether to balance the calories

• Stop dieting altogether to balance the calories

• Change nothing until her body adjusts on its own

• Recalculate the calories she needs to consume

Your daily caloric needs depend upon physical activity, age, gender, and body size.

• True

• False

You should limit your intake of sugar, cholesterol, sodium, transfats and saturated fats.

• True

• False

The 5/20 rule is a way to tell whether a food is low or high in a nutrient.

• True

• False

The body uses this to carry nutrients and waste. It also helps joints move smoothly.

• Fat

• Minerals

• Water

• Vitamins

The amount of energy the body gets from food is measured in.

• Metabolism

• Calories

• Diet

• Protein

_____ is/are the body's main or 1st choice of energy

• Carbohydrates

• Water

• Protein

• Fats

True or False. When reading a nutrition label it is important to know the serving size?

• True

• False