Nutrition from food | Science | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

Living things get ______ from food.
- 'nutrition' ✓
We can use texts, images or objects created using information gathered by others. What do we call these?
- secondary sources ✓
- units of measurement
- conclusions
Someone who studies food and gives ______ about what we should eat is called a dietician.
- 'advice' ✓
Which of these gives us information about amounts of food?
- the Eatwell plate ✓
- a book about magnets
- a website about animal habitats
The Eatwell plate shows us that we should not eat a lot of which type of food?
- fruit and vegetables
- oils and spreads ✓
- carbohydrates
Match each type of food with the benefit it gives to humans when they eat it.
- fruit and vegetables
  
  ⇔
  
  provide nutrients in the form of vitamins and fibre ✓
- carbohydrates
  
  ⇔
  
  give us energy which can help us to stay active ✓
- proteins
  
  ⇔
  
  help our bones and muscles to grow and to repair themselves ✓
- dairy and alternatives
  
  ⇔
  
  contain vitamins and calcium which are important for good bone health ✓
- oils and spreads
  
  ⇔
  
  contain fat which we need to eat as part of a healthy, balanced diet ✓

Why is it important to know the nutritional information of what we eat and drink?
- We can make informed choices about what we eat and drink. ✓
- We can find out which foods taste the best.
- We can find out how to cook different foods.
The nutritional information of most pre-packed food in the UK can be found on the ______.
- 'label' ✓
Labels showing nutritional information are often red, amber and green. This is called ______.
- 'colour-coding' ✓
Why do we colour-code food labels?
- to make the label look nice
- to make nutritional information simple and quick to understand ✓
- to make the food healthier
Nutritional information can be provided per ...
- 100 hours.
- 100 metres.
- 100 millilitres or grams. ✓
Nutritional information helps us to choose foods that are high in fat...
- more often and in large amounts.
- less often and in small amounts. ✓
- less often and in large amounts.

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Knowing the nutritional information of what we eat is important so we can make informed decisions.
The nutritional information of most pre-packed food in the UK can be found on the label.
Some nutritional information is colour-coded to make it simple to understand quickly.
Nutritional information is provided per 100 grams or per 100 millilitres and sometimes per portion of the food or drink.
Nutrition information helps us compare foods in a fair way and be aware of foods that are high in fat, salt and sugar.

Some food groups, e.g. fats, are 'bad' for you.

Explanation of how using nutritional information can help us to make informed decisions about the foods that we eat.

Nutritional information - Nutritional information is facts about the content of different foods.
Informed decision - An informed decision is a choice you make when you have all of the information about the decision topic.
Label - A label is a sign that gives us information about the thing it is with.
Colour-coded - If a set of objects are colour-coded, they are in different colours so that people can recognise them.
Calorie - Calories are often used as a measurement of the amount of energy that food provides.