- 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
The donuts have 238 calories; the spongecakes have 300, the pie has 480 and the cupcakes have 360. - 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
Cheese-flavored popcorn averages a whopping 58 calories a cup. Cinnamon-butter flavored comes in
next, at 50 calories. Kettle-corn and extra-butter flavored are both about 35 calories a cup. Natural-style
and air-popped popcorn have the fewest calories – about 30 calories per cup. - 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
ANSWER KEY: KNOW YOUR SNACKS