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Making Informed Food Choices: Impact on Total Health and Wellness

Understanding how choosing healthful foods can affect your overall well-being by providing essential nutrients, managing weight gain, minimizing health risks, and promoting good health. Explore the influence of family, friends, money, and advertising on your food preferences. Learn to recognize hunger, appetite, emotional eating, and mindless eating cues for better eating habits. Discover the importance of the six basic nutrients and their role in your diet. Explore the recommended daily dietary guidelines, the MyPyramid food groups, and food safety practices to prevent foodborne illnesses.

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Making Informed Food Choices: Impact on Total Health and Wellness

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  1. Choosing healthful foods affects your total health and wellness by • providing nutrients. • increasing weight gain. • increasing health risks. • ensuring good health.

  2. Preferring certain foods because you’ve grown up eating them is an example of the influence of • family. • friends. • money. • advertising.

  3. Hearing your stomach growl and feeling tired and lightheaded are signs of • hunger. • appetite. • emotional eating. • mindless eating.

  4. Which of the following is not one of the six basic nutrients? • Carbohydrates • Fiber • Protein • Vitamins

  5. Your body uses carbohydrates by breaking them down into • sugars. • amino acids. • fatty acids. • water.

  6. About what percentage of your daily calories should come from fat? • 10 to 15 percent • Less than 25 to 35 percent • At least 30 percent • 50 to 65 percent

  7. Which food group band in MyPyramid is largest? • Grains • Fruits • Milk • Meat and beans

  8. The Dietary Guidelines recommend that teens be physically active for • 20 minutes a day. • 30 minutes a day. • 50 minutes a day. • 60 minutes a day.

  9. Which method of preparation tends to make food high in fat? • Baking • Broiling • Frying • Grilling

  10. Which of the following is not listed in the Nutrition Facts panel? • Serving size • Calories per serving • Nutrients • Ingredients

  11. Regular ice cream contains 7.5 grams of fat per serving. Ice cream that contains only 5 grams of fat per serving could be described as • light. • low-fat. • reduced-fat. • fat-free.

  12. Which of the following is not one of the four basic steps for preventing foodborne illness? • Clean • Chop • Cook • Chill

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