Calories

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

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

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

• Mucus

• Fatty tissue

• Muscle

• Bone

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

• 1000

• 2000

• 4000

• 12000

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

• 220

• 380

• 175

• 420

How many minutes do you think you need to swim to use up the calories of 1 donut?

• 1 hour

• 2 hours

• 3 hours

• 4 hours

You get the energy you need for your daily activities from the food you eat.

• True

• False