What are calories?

• A measurement of energy we get from food

• The amount of food we eat

• How healthy food is

• Vitamins in our foods

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Which activity will burn the most calories?

• Walking

• Running

• Sleeping

• Eating

If you don't eat enough calories, you won't have much _______.

• Sleep

• Energy

• to Eat

• Homework

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If you eat more calories than you use up, your body stores the extra energy as ___________.

• Mucus

• Muscle

• Fatty tissue

• Bone

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Most adults only need to eat around _____________ calories a day.

• 2,000

• 1,000

• 4,000

• 12,000

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While training for the Olympics, Michael Phelps would eat ____________ calories and still not gain any weight.

• 6,000

• 12,000

• 26,000

• 46,000

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Guess how many calories are in a medium fry from Burger King.

• 220

• 380

• 175

• 450

Guess how many calories are in a medium-sized apple.

• 220

• 17

• 72

• 178

A glass of whole milk has _____ calories while skim milk has _____ calories.

• 146, 86

• 51, 0

• 100, 200

• 126, 126

Why didn't Michael Phelps gain weight even though he ate so much food?

• He exercised all day.

• It was all healthy food.

• He doesn't actually eat the food.

• He used it to power his brain and he read a hundred books a day.

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