Food and Nutrition Worksheets

Related ELA Standard: RI.6-8.1 & RST.6-8.1

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Students are well aware that they eat when they are hungry, but do they even understand what makes them hungry? What happens to the food after they eat it? Where does it all go? These worksheets will look at general nutrition as well as the human digestive process.

Nutrition Worksheets To Print:

Calories - A measure of heat. How many calories do you need a day? All foods contain calories. When we eat something it provides energy for our bodies to use when we are active.
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Carbohydrates - They give you energy and help your muscles hold on to water. Complex carbohydrate foods are healthy to eat because they provide you a steady source of energy.
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Digestion - Our involuntary muscles help push the food through our digestive tracts. Most of digestion is made up of chemical reactions and the chemistry of digestion begins when food is mixed with saliva, the watery substance in the mouth, while it is being chewed.
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Fats - This dense energy source is something that many people shy away from. Remember that you do need some fat your diet. Healthy children need to obtain between 25% and 35% of their calories each day from fats.
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Food Labels - It is really important that you understand how to read labels. They can help you plan your diet. The Nutrition Facts first informs you of how much is a serving of this food and how many servings are in the package.
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The Food Guide Pyramid - The first food guidelines were published by the U.S. Government in 1894 but the first Food Guide Pyramid was released to American consumers in 1992.
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How Many Meals? - Small steady meals is where it is at for your energy levels. Many Americans eat their main meal in the evening; this usually is the biggest meal of the day.
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Protein - Commonly associated with building muscles, this nutrient helps your tissue repair. When a human eats a food that contains protein, the digestive system breaks down that protein into the amino acids it contains.
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Vitamins and Minerals - You need just the proper amount to maintain balance in your body. Vitamins are organic molecules that are used by different parts of the body and most vitamins are named using letters of the alphabet.
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Eating Disorders - Self image is seen as to what makes this manifest. A small percentage of adults, teens, and unfortunately even a few kids, develop eating disorders.
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What Happens to The Food We Eat?


If you are lucky enough, you eat three meals a day. Food is very important for the body as it acts like fuel. Food is the reason why we get to walk and talk. It helps us in our daily excursions. This is because food contains the essential nutrients that are required to keep your body going. This is the reason why doctors advise eating healthy and fresh food because it contains more nutrients for our body.


You might wonder what happens to the food that you eat and where it goes. It is a long process. Our body is made up of many organs that perform different functions. One such function is of digestion. Digestion is the process in which the food is sorted out inside your body. It is a complex process. Digestion is done by the digestive system.


Digestive System

There are different parts of the digestive system in which the food that you eat stays for a certain amount of periods. Each step is known to process the undigested food out of your system through the anus. Here are the important parts of the digestive system.


Mouth: Your food stays in your mouth for around ten seconds. You chew it so that it becomes easier for food to pass.


Esophagus: From your mouth, the food moves to esophagus where it takes around six seconds to pass down to the next part.


Stomach: Stomach is the part where most of the digestion takes place. The actual time for the food to remain in the stomach depends on the type of food. Most foods stay inside your stomach for around two to five hours.


Small Intestine: The food stays inside your small intestine for five to six hours.


Large Intestine: It takes the food from around twelve to twenty-four hours to pass this stage. This is the final part of the digestive system. Food passed through here is undigested and would be passed out as waste.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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