MyPlate Review

3. Go for a variety of colors when choosing fruits and vegetables.Fill _______ of your plate with these two groups.
9. kids and teens who participate in physical ______ need more calories each day to replace the ones that are burned off.
11. A __________ is a measurement of energy available in food.
12. Getting a variety of vegetables can help prevent against _________ diseases (ie: heart disease, cancer, diabetes).
13. The best meals have a balance of the five food groups: vegetables, fruit, protein, dairy and _______________.
14. Choose canned beans and vegetables without ________ (aka salt).

1. _________ calories should be limited because they provide little or no nutritional value, but are high in fat, calories, sugar and sodium.
2. Each day make half of your grains ________ grains (ie: whole wheat bread, oatmeal, brown rice).
4. Fruit is better than juice because it has more _______ and less calories.
5. Limit _______ grains(like white bread, white rice, white pasta) because they don't have nutrients like fiber, vitamin B and iron.
6. Go for low-fat and fat-free _________ and get 3 servings of this food group each day.
7. Nuts, skinless chicken, beans, seafood and tofu are examples of "GO" _________.
8. Low-fat dairy has fewer calories but enough __________ to build strong bones.
10. the body needs about ______ thousand calories each day in order to function properly, just like a car needs enough gas to go.