Nutrition

Question 1

What are the primary nutrients used in the body?

Answer 1

Carbohydrates, protein, fats, fibre, water, minerals, vitamins.

Question 2

What is the role of carbohydrates in the body?

Answer 2

Used for energy.

Question 3

Give two examples of foods that contain carbohydrates.

Answer 3

Bread, potatoes.

Question 4

What is the role of protein in the body?

Answer 4

Make new cells & build muscle.

Question 5

Give two examples of foods that contain protein.

Answer 5

Bread and pasta

Question 6

What is the role of fats in the body?

Answer 6

Energy store.

Question 7

Give two examples of foods that contain fats.

Answer 7

Pasta and bread

Question 8

What is the role of fibre in the body?

Answer 8

Keeps bowel healthy.

Question 9

Give two examples of foods that contain fibre.

Answer 9

Fruit, vegetables.

Question 10

What is a balanced diet?

Answer 10

Eating the right types of food in the right amounts.

Question 11

What is an unbalanced diet?

Answer 11

Not eating the right types of food in the right amounts.

Question 12

What is malnutrition?

Answer 12

Eating an unbalanced diet.

Question 13

What is starvation?

Answer 13

Not eating enough food.

Question 14

What disease is caused by too much fat?

Answer 14

Obesity.

Question 15

What health problems can obesity lead to?

Answer 15

Heart disease, diabetes.

Question 16

What disease is caused by not enough vitamin C?

Answer 16

Scurvy.

Question 17

What are the symptoms of scurvy?

Answer 17

Loose teeth, bleeding gums, hard to heal wounds.

Question 18

What disease is caused by not enough iron?

Answer 18

Anaemia.

Question 19

What are the symptoms of anaemia?

Answer 19

Lack of red blood cells, tiredness, yellow skin.

Question 20

What disease is caused by not enough vitamin D?

Answer 20

Rickets.

Question 21

What are the symptoms of rickets?

Answer 21

Bowed legs, muscle weakness.

Question 22

What disease is caused by not enough calcium?

Answer 22

Osteoporosis.

Question 23

What are the symptoms of osteoporosis?

Answer 23

Weak bones.

Question 24

What disease is caused by not enough protein?

Answer 24

Kwashiorkor.

Question 25

What are the symptoms of kwashiorkor?

Answer 25

Swollen stomach, loss of teeth.

Question 26

Fill in the blank: Diseases caused by not having enough of a certain vitamin are called _______.

Answer 26

Vitamin deficiency diseases.

Question 27

What is digestion?

Answer 27

The breakdown of food into smaller pieces that can be absorbed and used by the body.

Question 28

What does an enzyme do?

Answer 28

Cuts up (breaks down) long chains of food into smaller ones.

Question 29

What enzyme is found in saliva and what does it break down?

Answer 29

Amylase; it breaks down starch into glucose.

Question 30

What does a food label show?

Answer 30

Nutritional information including the content of fats, carbohydrates, protein, etc.

Question 31

How is food healthiness assessed using the traffic light system?

Answer 31

Using red, amber, and green colors to indicate healthiness.

Question 32

What does '<' mean in the context of food labels?

Answer 32

Less than.

Question 33

What does '>' mean in the context of food labels?

Answer 33

More than.