NUTRITION 1

Why does nutrition matter? Given that food is essential to health, and food companies make many sometimes misleading claims about their products, the more one knows about nutrition the more able one is to make healthy dietary decisions.

Why does nutrition matter? Given that food is essential to health, and food companies make many sometimes misleading claims about their products, the more one knows about nutrition the more able one is to make healthy dietary decisions.

1. True or False: Nutrition is the foods a group of people eat.

True

False

2. The foods people eat affect many things in their bodies. All of the following are affected by what people eat, except:

mood

energy

sleep

immune system

none; food affects all of the above

3. True or False: Processed foods are whole foods that have been changed in some way.

True

False

4. Which of the following diseases is not caused at least in part by diets high in salt, sugar, and saturated fat?

heart disease

colon cancer

osteoporosis

hypertension (high blood pressure)

AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome)

5. All of the following dietary behaviors are clearly good for your health, except:

eating more whole foods, and less processed foods

drinking less soda, and more juices and iced teas

eating more beans and less meat

eating less meat, or eliminating meat altogether

drinking little to no alcohol

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