FOOD AND HEALTH

1) Name the five types of nutrients in food that keep you healthy and fit ?
Ans: The five types of nutrients are Carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins and
minerals.

2) What is the importance of roughage in your diet ?

Ans: The importance of roughage in our diet is that it adds bulk to food and helps
our muscles to push the food through intestines.

3) What is a balanced diet ?

Ans: A diet that contains the right amount of all nutrients as well as water and
roughage is called a balanced diet.

4) Why have foods been divided into four groups ?

Ans: Foods have been divided into four groups to make it easier for us to select a
balanced diet. The four groups are:- Cereal group, Vegetables and fruits
group, Milk group and Protein group.

5) How does chickenpox spread from an ill person to a healthy person ?

Ans: Chickenpox spread from an ill person to a healthy person through air and
through direct contact.

6) What are vaccines? How do they help us get immunity against a disease ?
Ans: Vaccines are made up of very small quantities of dead or very weak germs of a
particular disease when they enter the body, the body produces substances
that can fight the germs. Thus the body becomes capable of fighting any
future attack from germs of that disease. This is called Immunity.

7) What is the difference between infectious and non infectious diseases ?

Ans: Infectious(Communicable disease Non-infectious(Non-Communicable disease)
Infectious disease spread from one Non-Infectious disease do not spread
person to another person. from one person to another person.

8) What effect does lack of exercise have on your body ?

Ans: Lack of exercise makes our muscles weak and flabby. Extra fat will accumulate in
our body and makes us overweight and unhealthy.