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| _____% of U.S. adults are overweight or obese |
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- plays a really big part in eyesight
- great for night vision
- helps you see in color
- helps you grow properly and aids in healthy skin
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- important in metabolic activity, meaning they help make energy and set it free when your body needs it
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- imporatnt for keeping body tissues (ie gums and muscles) in good shape
- helps your body resist infection
- makes it harder for your body to become infected with an illness
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- keeps your bones and teeth strong
- helps body absorb calcium
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- maintains body's tissues (like in your eyes, skin, and liver)
- protects lungs from being damaged by polluted air
- important for the formation of red blood cells
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- used for energy
- need energy for processes such as growth, repair, and movement
- found in bread, rice, beans etc.
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| how many classes of nutrients are there? |
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six
1) carbohydrates
2) lipids
3) minerals
4) proteins
5)vitamins
6) water |
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| average of $_______ per person/per year spent on food |
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| true or false: low income families spend higher proportion of their income on food than high income families |
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| severe poverty is defined as: |
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half the federal poverty line
or less than $10,000 for a family of four
or less than $5,000 for a single person |
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| america ranks at or near the bottom of _____industrial nations for alleviating poverty and childhood poverty |
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| poverty guidelines are based on poverty _____ and are used to determine: |
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thresholds
if you qualify for public assistance |
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| food stamps are not paper money.....they allow people to buy food in the form of _____ cards |
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| electronic benefit transfer cards |
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| a study showed that there are ______ times as many supermarkets in white neighborhoods than in black neighborhoods |
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| difference between a pull date and an expiration date: |
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- pull date: late day the product should be sold
- expiration date: last day the product should be consumed!
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| england accounted for ___-% of all fast food |
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25%
(UK has most fast food restaurants per person, followed by australia, then US) |
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| which state has the most mobile homes? |
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| true or false: organic foods cost more than regular foods |
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| uses gamma rays, x-rays, or high-voltage electronics to kill potentially harmful substances in foods, such as bacteria |
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| obesity is the #__ cause of preventable death in the US |
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| 1 out of ___ Americans live below the poverty line |
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| the number of people in the US who live in sever poverty |
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16 million americans
(there are 4 homeless encampments in Athens) |
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| _____people do not have health insurance |
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| 46.6 million ~ (47 million) |
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| of teen pregnancies, ____of them are 17 or younger when they have their first pregnancy |
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| US pregnancy rates are ____as high as the next industrialized country |
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| prohibition was the ____amendment |
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| Al Capone was jailed for ______ |
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| nearly _____ people in the US are in jail for drug charges, more than all of western Europe incarcerates for ALL offenses |
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| drinking while pregnant is bad because the baby metabolizes alcohol more ______, thus has a higher _____ |
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| true or false: there is a 3-day grace period (cooling off period) for auto and housing contracts |
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| house should cost no more than ____times your annual household gross income |
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| federal definition of an unaffordable burden: |
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| if you spend 30% of income on housing |
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| housing payments should be no more than _____% of your monthly income; housing+ other debt payments should be no more than ____% |
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| cost of a car including standard equipment and factory warranty |
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define equity:
does it include 2nd mortgages? |
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current market value of home- outstanding mortgage balance
no |
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| the price the manufacturer charges the dealer |
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