In the Know
2. Explain why high blood fat and cholesterol levels may be dangerous.
3. List four tips for decreasing the total fat, trans fat, saturated fat, and cholesterol in your
diet.
4. True or false? The only way to avoid having too much sugar in your diet is to use sugar
substitutes.
5 Draw MyPlate. Label each food group and list examples of foods in each group.
6. True or false? Some foods cannot be part of a nutritious diet.
7. A diet that contains few servings from the fruit and vegetable groups probably is low
in _____.
A. B-vitamins and fiber
B. protein and calcium
C. vitamin C and folic acid
D. iron and sodium
8. Create menus for one day that include all the food groups for a 2000-calorie plan.
The menus should have the needed amounts from each food group. You can use
Daily Food Plans under the SuperTracker & Other Tools tab at www.ChooseMyPlate.gov
to help plan your menus.
What Would You Do?
9. Suppose you are a newspaper columnist and you receive a letter with this comment in
it. “I think I am going to go on the ‘All You Can Eat Peanut Butter Diet.’ For every meal
and snack, you eat only peanut butter and drink water. I really like peanut butter. This
must be the diet for me.” Do you think this is a good diet? Why or why not? Write a
reply to this letter.
Core Skills
10. Writing. Take a dairy poll. Find out which dairy products the students in your class
eat or drink. Which is the most popular dairy product? How many students get three
servings each day? Write a press release describing your fi ndings. Begin by clearly
stating the topic. Organize the information is a manner that is easy to follow. End with a
statement summarizing the results of your poll.
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