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WorksheetsFNI Unit 1: Food Influences, Nutrition, Weight Management
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Maria chooses low-sodium foods for her diet because she has
hypertension (high blood pressure). This is most likely an example of which food choice factor?
Comfort
Entertainment
Enjoyment
Nutrition
Jason chooses to buy Siracha hot sauce, because it is a popular condiment among his friends. This is most likely an example of which factor affecting food choices?
Family Schedules
Social
Knowledge & Skills
Stages of Life
A downtown Charlotte neighborhood is planning to grow a vegetable garden in a vacant city lot. The lot will provide low-cost, healthy food to nearby residents. This is most likely an illustration of what two types of external influences on food choices?
Economic and technological
Media and environmental
Environmental and economic
Technological and media
Picking a certain brand of bottled water because a celebrity is drinking it in an advertisement is most likely an illustration of what type of external food influence?
Economic
Media
Environmental
Technological
A family is choosing to prepare dinner at home rather than go out to a restaurant, because a parent just became unemployed. This most likely demonstrates which type of need?
Economic
Hunger
Emotional
Intellectual
You are scrolling through Instagram one rainy afternoon and come across a sponsored post from Panera about their new chili dish. This makes you crave Panera so much that you call up a friend and go there for dinner. What kind of external influence is this?
Technological
Media
Econmoic
Environmental
You are at the grocery store to buy cereal for the week. You come across a new type of Cheerios which scientists have fortified and enriched with many essential vitamins and minerals. You decide to buy this cereal, because it's healthier! What kind of influence is this?
Technological
Economic
Environmental
Media
Going to a dinner show (such as Dixie Stampede or Medieval Times) is an example of what kind of food choice?
Emotional
Entertaiment
Wellness
Adventure
Which statement is an example of a good dietary recommendation?
Burn more calories than you consume.
Gradually increase calories consumed.
Burn fewer calories than one consumes.
Gradually decrease calories burned.
Which of the sources below is a credible source or science-based nutrition information that you can safely follow for health and wellness?
MyPlate.gov
The Atkins Diet
Wikipedia
The National Inquirer
When trying to loose weight, eat/drink this...
8 glasses of milk every day
Foods that are high in calories and low in nutrients
3000 calories a day over 3 meals
Foods that are high in nutrients and low in calories
Carbohydrates provide the body with:
Energy and Fiber
Protection of Internal Organs
substances that become part of bones, tissues, and body fluids
Dissolving vitamins, minerals, and amino acids
Water provide the body with:
Energy and Fiber
Protection of Internal Organs
substances that become part of bones, tissues, and body fluids
Dissolving vitamins, minerals, and amino acids
Fat provides the body with:
Energy and Fiber
Protection of Internal Organs
substances that become part of bones, tissues, and body fluids
Dissolving vitamins, minerals, and amino acids
The nutrient that builds, maintains, and repairs body tissue is...
Protien
Carbohydrates
Water
Fats
Bread and pasta are a good source of which nutrient?
Fat
Carbohydrates
Proteins
Minerals
Meat and seafood are a good source of which nutrient?
Fat
Carbohydrates
Proteins
Minerals
According to MyPlate.gov, half you plate should be:
Fruits & Vegetables
Dairy & Grains
Grains & Vegetables
Fruits & Protein
It's strawberry season in NC! This year, strawberry's were so abundant that they were only 99 cents per pint.. This price is much better than in the winter when a pint cost $2.00! What kind of external influence is this?
Economic/Environmental
Individual
Technological
Media
Eating 3 meals a day in order to consume enough calories is an example of what kind of food choice?
Nutrition
Comfort
Enjoyment
Family and social ties
