Foods that provide no or little nutritional value contain:

These foods give us energy and includes sugars, starches, and fibers found in fruits, grains, vegetables, and dairy products

These include whole-grain options, provide longer lasting energy, and contain fiber

Helps to keep the digestive track clean; only comes from carbohydrates

This essential nutrient is a backup source of energy to fuel your body and

is important for healthy skin and tissues

The fats that are best to have in your diet.

These fats should be avoided entirely and contribute to the obesity issues in America.

Unhealthy rates can cause a buildup of plaque in arteries

This essential nutrient completes most of the work in our cells

and is required for structure, function, and regulation of the body’s tissues and organs

This essential nutrient provides 9 calories per gram

This is important for muscle contraction

and helps preserve processed foods

A lack of this can lead to osteoporosis where bones lose their density and become fragile

This essential nutrient is important for proper kidney function,

eliminates waste from the body,

and carries nutrients and oxygen to all cells

Foods like eggs, meats, and beans are a good source of:

Foods like fruits, vegetables, and grains are a good source of:

Foods like oils, nuts, and dairy are a good source of:

Our desire, rather than need, to eat

When your body is unable to process the sugars that you eat

Foods that have been cooked, canned, frozen, packaged or changed in nutritional composition that are contributing to the obesity problems in America

the formula recommended by the National Institute of Health uses to determine a healthy weight

Exercising by lifting weights is an example of:

Going on a long bike ride is an example of:

Sprinting up a flight of stairs is an example of: