Enjoy More Fruits & Vegetables

Print and circle your answers: 

1.  What’s the number one vegetable consumed by teens?

Carrots

Tomatoes

Potatoes


2.  How many middle school students eat the recommended amount of vegatables?

75%

65 %

33 %


3.  How many middle school students eat the recommended amount of fruit?

85%

45 %

15 %


4.  Do you know how much fruit you need as a growing teen? (The amount varies depending on your body size and how many calories you need.)

½ cup

1 cup

1 ½ cup


5.  Do you know how many vegetables you need to eat daily? (The amount varies depending on your body size and how many calories you need.)

½ cup

1 cup

2-3 cups


6.  What’s the best way to eat fruit and vegetables?

Fresh 

Frozen

Canned


7.  How much of your plate should be filled with fruit and vegetables?

1/4

1/3

1/2


8.  Do you know the best color for fruits and vegetables?

Red, Yellow, and orange

Green Blue and purple

All of the above 


9.  How do you know if the drinks, jello, cereal, pop tarts, snacks and more that have fruit in their name or a photo of fruit in their product actually contain fruit?

I trust the packaging

I check the ingredients on the label

I know there’s fruit if it tastes like fruit

When finished, click on Fruit & Vegetable Answers!

 
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