What does the USDA stand for? ✔️Ans - United States Department of
Agriculture
What does the USDA do? ✔️Ans - Regulates farming and makes laws about
growing food
According to the USDA, what percentage of your diet should be fat? ✔️Ans -
25-35%
According to the USDA, what percentage of your diet should be protein?
✔️Ans - 10-30%
According to the USDA, what percentage of your diet should be
carbohydrates? ✔️Ans - 45-65%
What are the largest groups on the food pyramid from largest to smallest?
✔️Ans - Grains, fruits and vegetables, dairy, meat and beans
Calorie ✔️Ans - the amount of energy that it takes to raise the temperature
of 1 gram of water by 1 degrees celsius
Disease ✔️Ans - Any abnormal, chronic condition affecting the body of an
organism
Heart Disease ✔️Ans - Disease caused by the blockage of blood flow into
the coronary arteries of the heart
Diabetes ✔️Ans - A disease caused by the inability to control blood sugar
levels with the hormone insulin
Obesity ✔️Ans - The excess accumulation of fat in the body
Cancer ✔️Ans - Disease in which abnormal cells divide without control and
invade other tissues
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