Health and Nutrition

What are calories?

• A way to measure how much energy is in food

• How much fat is in food

• The number of nutrients in food.

What are nutrients?

• The energy in food

• The calories in food

• Things that your body needs to function properly

Why are nutrients important?

• They help food taste good.

• They help your body grow and stay healthy.

• They help your body store fat.

Which one is an important nutrient?

• Vitamins

• Protein

• Carbohydrates

• Fats

• All of these are important nutrients.

What happens when you eat more calories than your body needs?

• Your body stores the extra calories as fat

• Your body gets rid of the extra calories

• Your body uses the extra calories to build brain cells.

Which of these foods has the most nutrients?

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What can happen if you don't get enough protein?

• You might get sick more often.

• Your muscles won't be as strong as they could be.

• You might feel tired all the time.

Why is it important to eat a variety of different food everyday?

• To make sure you are getting all the different nutrients your body needs.

• To make sure you are not eating too many calories.

• To make sure you are not eating the same thing everyday.

Iron is not an important mineral for your body. True or False.

• True

• False

Your body needs protein to help build strong muscles. True or False?

• True

• False