Chapter 8: Lesson 2

_________ are the guidelines published by the USDA and HHS that provide recommendations for establishing eating patterns to promote health.

• Dietary Guidelines for Americans
• MyPlate
• Demands of Americans
• malnutrition

The food guidance system created by the USDA is known as _________. It reminds people about the proportions of the five different food groups they should eat at a meal.

• MyPlate
• Dietary Guidelines for Americans
• Calories
• MyPyramid

The units of energy in food are known as ___.

• Calories
• MyPlate
• Dietary Guidelines for Americans
• Nutrient-dense foods

_______ are the foods that provide vitamins, minerals, and other substances that either contribute to adequate nutrition intake or have positive health effects. They contain little or no saturated fats, added sugars, refined starches, and sodium.

• nutrient-dense foods
• Calories
• MyPlate
• Dietary Guidelines for Americans

The sugars that do not occur naturally in foods are known as _______.

• added sugars
• nutrient-dense foods
• Calories
• MyPlate

__________ are units of energy that supply few or no nutrients to the body.

• empty calories
• added sugars
• nutrient-dense foods
• Calories

_________ are conditions in which a person's body cannot properly digest particular types of food. IThey can develop gradually as a person eats large quantities of a certain food frequently.

• food intolerances
• empty calories
• food allergy
• nutrient-dense foods

_________ are conditions in which the body's immune system reacts to food as if the food is harmful. They have sudden symptoms can be caused by tiny amounts of the food and can be life threatening.

• food allergy
• food intolerances
• empty calories
• added sugars

The form of poor nutrition in which a person does not get or properly absorb the recommended amounts of essential nutrients is known as __________.

• malnutrition
• undernutrition
• overnutrition
• empty calories

_________ is the form of malnutrition caused by the body not receiving or absorbing needed nutrients.

• undernutrition
• malnutrition
• overnutrition
• food intolerance