Question

1.Nutrition is

The process of using food for growth, maintenance, and repais of body tissue.

Whatever you eat and drink on a day-to-day basis.

Combination of diet and exercise that keeps a person in the best health

Consuming only healthful foods in order to achieve optimal health

2. Your family owns a peach orchard, and every summer you eat peaches every day. What factor most likely influence your choices?

Price

Ethical Reasons

Taste Preferences

Availability

3. Texan teen Maya has decided not to eat pork, though her mother cooks it several times a week. Many factors may have influenced this eating pattern of Maya’s. Which factor most LIKELY led her to avoid pork?

ethical reasons

ethnic background

religious background

availability

4. These come from sugars and fats that taste good but add little. if any, nutrition to foods.

Proteins

Fats

Empty Calories

Food Allergies

5. What is malnutrition?

consuming too few calories to maintain the body’s growth and repair.

consuming nutrients that the body is not able to use.

consuming the wrong nutrients.

consuming too few or too many nutrients.

6. According to the MyPlate food guide, which of the following should be considered a primary food group?

empty calories

fats and oils

grains

meats

7.
When should a food be considered nutritious?

when it provides all of the vitamins and minerals that the body needs

when it can sustain life, growth, and cell repair during times of extreme stress

when it contains more of those things that help support tissue growth, maintenance, and repair and less of the things that don’t

when it contains only those things that help support tissue growth, maintenance, and repair and none of the things that don’t

8. True or False: The five primary food groups are Grains, Vegetables, Fats, Dairy, and Proteins

True

False

9. True or False: Over-consumption of certain foods that can lead to health problems is also considered malnutrition

True

False

10.
Approximately __% of households in the United States struggle to provide enough food for their families.

10

50

14

20

Answers

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Here are the answers to your questions:

1. **Nutrition is**
**Answer:** The process of using food for growth, maintenance, and repair of body tissue.

2. **Your family owns a peach orchard, and every summer you eat peaches every day. What factor most likely influenced your choices?**
**Answer:** Availability

3. **Texan teen Maya has decided not to eat pork, though her mother cooks it several times a week. Many factors may have influenced this eating pattern of Maya’s. Which factor most LIKELY led her to avoid pork?**
**Answer:** religious background

4. **These come from sugars and fats that taste good but add little, if any, nutrition to foods.**
**Answer:** Empty Calories

5. **What is malnutrition?**
**Answer:** consuming too few or too many nutrients.

6. **According to the MyPlate food guide, which of the following should be considered a primary food group?**
**Answer:** grains

7. **When should a food be considered nutritious?**
**Answer:** when it contains more of those things that help support tissue growth, maintenance, and repair and less of the things that don’t

8. **True or False: The five primary food groups are Grains, Vegetables, Fats, Dairy, and Proteins**
**Answer:** False

9. **True or False: Over-consumption of certain foods that can lead to health problems is also considered malnutrition**
**Answer:** True

10. **Approximately __% of households in the United States struggle to provide enough food for their families.**
**Answer:** 14

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