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Nutrition Quizzes
  • Updated:Wed, 29 Jun 2011 11:26:00 AM
 
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We offer these fun and interactive tools to test your knowledge and help you personalize information.

 

Fats and Sodium Explorer

Nutrition - Chicken Kabob (thumbnail)How many calories do you think you should be consuming a day?  How much do you know about the levels of fats and sodium in your diet?  Use this tool and you'll find the answers to these questions.  With recommendations designed specifically for you, this easy-to-use tool calculates your personalized:


  • daily calorie needs
  • recommended range for total fats
  • limits for the "bad" fats:  saturated and trans
  • sodium informationNutrition - Get Started (button)


 
Note that if you don't see the right and bottom portions of this interactive tool on your screen when you click on "Get Started," please click on the middle button in the upper right corner of your screen to maximize the screen.
 

Test Your Sodium Smarts

Nutrition - Nutrition Facts Panel Highlighting Sodium (small spot)You may be surprised to learn how much sodium is in many foods. Sodium, including sodium chloride or salt, can come from natural sources or be added to foods.  High-sodium diets are linked to increased blood pressure and a higher risk for heart disease and stroke. The American Heart Association recommends that you aim to eat less than 1,500 mg of sodium per day.
 
Test your sodium smarts by answering these 10 questions about which food products are higher in sodium — we’ll calculate your score at the end. 
(Also available as a PDF to downloand and print)

Nutrition - Get Started (button)

 

Test Your Fats IQ

Fats - Face the Fats Logo (stacked)Do you know your fats by heart? Ready to make informed choices about the foods you eat?  Welcome to Face the Fats Quizzes — now you can test just how knowledgeable you are about fats.  Answer the questions in each quiz and we'll calcualate your score.  Be sure to check out both Quiz I and Quiz II.

Face the Fats Quiz I (also avaialble as a PDF to download and print)

Nutrition - Get Started (button)


Face the Fats Quiz II
(also available as a PDF to download and print)

Nutrition - Get Started (button) 







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