How much do you know about snacking habits? Snacking can be a healthy habit if you choose the right
items and eat the right balance of foods for snacks to keep your energy level up. Unfortunately, many times
we wait until we get the “snack attack,” and don’t choose as wisely as we should. Here are some
questions to test how much you know about snacking.- what is america’s favorite snack food, and how much of it do we eat every year?
a. Pretzels, and we eat about 50 million pounds
b. Peanuts, and we eat about 25 million pounds
c. Cookies, and we eat about 700 million pounds
d. Potato chips, and we eat about 1.2 billion pounds - what does the shape of the original pretzel twist represent?
a. A child’s playground game, similar to hopscotch
b. A mother’s arms holding a baby
c. A person’s arms crossed in prayer
d. The coat of arms of the Hapsburg family in Germany, for whom the pretzel was invented - you are really craving something sweet. you run into the local food mart and find an
array of pre-packaged goodies. which of the following would have the fewest calories?
a. A package of two frosted cupcakes
b. A package of two crème-filled spongecakes
c. A single-serve apple pie
d. A single-serve pack of four powdered-sugar donuts - popcorn can be a healthy snack, but you need to choose carefully. which of the
following popcorns have the MoSt calories per cup?
a. Cheese flavored
b. Kettle-corn flavored
c. Cinnamon-butter flavored
d. extra-butter flavored - rice cakes can be the start of a healthy snack. the plain ones have only about
35 calories. to keep calories down, which of the following would be the best topping
for your rice cake?
a. 1 tablespoon of cream cheese
b. 2 tablespoons of ricotta cheese and a sprinkle of cinnamon sugar
c. 1 tablespoon of strawberry jam
d. 1 tablespoon of peanut butter
SECTION FIVE: Week 2: Meal Plans, Snacking, Water
QUIZ: KNOW YOUR SNACKS