Lesson 2.1: Analyzing Diets

The term diet means various things to people.  Some think diet means to reduce the amount of food eaten to lose weight.  Others think that diet is what you eat.  In this course, diet means the amount and type of food you eat regularly. 

Read Analyzing Diets on page 204 of your textbook to begin your study of diet analysis. Then, answer the following questions.

 

Question 1. What is the meaning of diet in Science 14?

Question 2. What are the four food group classifications according to Canada's Food Guide?

Question 3. What does the amount of food in a diet depend on?

Question 4. What people require additional nutrients?

Question 5. What substance is responsible for the narrowing of artery walls?

 

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Answers to Questions:

Question 1. What is the meaning of diet in Science 14?

As used in the Science 14 course, diet means the amount and type of food you eat every day.

Question 2. What are the four food group classifications according to Canada's Food Guide?

The four food group classifications according to Canada's Food Guide are grain products, fruits and vegetables, milk products, and meat and alternative products. 

Question 3. What does the amount of food in a diet depend on?

The amount of food in a diet depends on your age, body size, activity level, and gender.

Question 4. What people require additional nutrients?

Pregnant and breast-feeding women require additional nutrients. 

Question 5. What substance is responsible for the narrowing of artery walls?

Fatty deposits called cholesterol are responsible for the narrowing of artery walls.

 


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