Balanced Diet and Junk Food
Balanced Diet and Junk Food: Overview
In this topic, we will study the proportions of proteins, carbohydrates and fats that must be taken to remain healthy. It mentions the amount of food to be taken for a nutritious diet. We will also study the impact of junk food on our health.
Important Questions on Balanced Diet and Junk Food
Junk food is a food that is unhealthy for us.
People in Southern India eat more rice than wheat.
Seafood is the most common food in the polar region.
The deficiency of Vitamin B causes beriberi or scurvy-
Which is the staple crop of South India?
People have different food habits that depend upon the place they live.
Ranjan loves to play cricket. Last year he won the intra-school trophy for best batsman.
To win the title of man of the match, this year he had practiced day and night and had even skipped several meals. But his coach observed that his performance was decreasing day by day. What could be the possible reason for this?
Select the answer that gives you correct information about roughage or dietary fibre in your diet
a. It helps us to remove the undigested waste out of the body
b. It is used to make clothes
c. It is found only in foods that come from plant sources
d. It is found in man-made foods such as vermicelli, noodles, rice noodles which are thread- like
State True or False: ‘Vegetarians do not have balanced meal because the only source of protein is that derived from animals’.
Sanjay wants to grow healthy. Help him to choose the component of food that would make his diet as balanced.
(i) Proteins
(ii) Carbohydrates and Fats
(iii) Water and Roughage
(iv) Vitamins and Minerals
Ravi is a non-vegetarian. He eats lots of eggs, fish and meat. He thinks he does not need to eat fruits and vegetables and his meal is balanced. What effect it might cause to his health?
Four friends Suresh, Mukesh, Geeta and Sita went to a restaurant and ordered their meals from the menu as shown below:
Which of them is on a strict diet to lose weight?
Balanced diet is the same for every person.
A _____ diet is that which contains all the nutrients including roughage and water in the right amount.
What is diet containing all types of food in the right amount called? (Balanced diet/Paleo Diet)
Name the following:
A diet that contains all the nutrients in the right quantities called B_ _a_c_ d D_ _t
Explain the following terms.
Balanced diet
