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BALANCED DIET

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which food contains carbohydrates?
a)
Fish
b)
Pasta
c)
Egg
d)
Carrot
2.
Jerry wants to build up his muscles, which food group intake he should increase ? 
a)
Carbohydrates
b)
Fats
c)
Proteins
d)
vitamins
3.

Which of the following foods is a good source of protein?

a)

Fruit

b)

Salad

c)

Butter

d)

Meat

4.

Fruit and vegetables are a good source of ?

a)

Vitamins

b)

Minerals

c)

Both of the above

5.

Why is it not a good idea to fill up your plate with only 1 kind of food?

a)

Having variety of food shows that the meal contans a variety of nutrients.

b)

Food that are the same are unhealthy.

c)

Your plate looks better with different kinds of food.

6.

Which of the following foods is a good source of carbohydrates?

a)
b)
c)
d)
7.

Identify the disease and name the deficiency that causes it?

a)

Kwashiorkar, caused due to deficiency of proteins

b)

Kwashiorkar, caused due to deficiency of proteins and carbohydrates

c)

Marasmus, caused due to deficiency of proteins

d)

Marasmus, caused due to deficiency of proteins and carbohydrates

8.

Deficiency of which nutrient leads to this disease?

a)

Vitamin A

b)

Vitamin D

c)

Vitamin C

9.

Having iodized salt regularly in your food will help in the prevention of __________.

a)

Goitre

b)

Anaemia

c)

Rickets

10.

Having foods rich in this vitamin will prevent Beriberi disease.

a)

Vitamin A

b)

Vitamin C

c)

Vitamin B1

11.

Deficiency of __________ causes Night blindness.

a)

Vitamin B1

b)

Vitamin D

c)

Vitamin A

12.

__________ is caused by a lack of vitamin C, and causes painful joints and bleeding gums.

a)

Kwashiorkor

b)

Night blindness

c)

Scurvy

d)

Rickets

13.

A combination of which three nutrients can prevent Rickets?

a)

calcium, nitrogen and water

b)

calcium, phosphorus and vitamin D

c)

Vitamin C, carbon and phosphorus

d)

carbon, calcium and Vitamin K

14.

If a patients blood does not clot, or takes unusually long to do so, that patient may be suffering from a _____________________ deficiency

a)

iodine

b)

vitamin C

c)

calcium

d)

vitamin K

15.

Iron can be found in

a)

green leafy vegetables

b)

bananas

c)

nuts

d)

none of them