Health Quiz 3-Nutrition and Healthy Eating

Nutrition is

• eating a balanced and healthy diet that provides essential nutrients

• eating junk food and unhealthy foods

• providing unhealthy nutrients to your body

• providing food and beverages with no nutritional value

Water is an essential nutrient

• True

• False

Vitamins and Minerals are essential nutrients

• True

• False

Which of the following is NOT and essential nutrient

• Carbohydrate

• Protein

• Fat

• Candy

Water is important for your body because

• it cushions and lubricates joints in your body

• regulate your body's temperature

• nourish your brain

• all of the above

Vitamins and Minerals are also known as

• Ernie and Bert

• helpful stuff

• micronutrients

• microscopes

Protein is important to our bodies because it

• provides water for our bodies

• provides energy for our bodies

• helps make muscle and bone in our bodies

Fat is important for our bodies because

• it makes us fat

• it provides slow energy

• it is a micronutrient

Carbohydrates are important for our bodies because they

• provides quick energy

• provide essential vitamins and minerals

• make you gain weight

• can help you lose weight

Which of the following is not one of the 5 basic food groups

• Fruits and Vegetables

• Grains and Cereals

• Dairy products

• Cakes and Pies