Healthy Food Quiz

Some foods can help keep your body safe from lead. These healthy foods include fruits and vegetables, beans, lean meats, lowfat dairy foods, and rice, bread, and cereal. Other foods do not help keep your body safe from lead. These foods have a lot of sugar, fat, or salt. If you eat them, eat only small amounts and eat them only once in a while.

Which foods on the list below can help keep your body safe from lead?

Put an "X" beside the healthy foods.
Put an "O" beside the foods that do not help keep your body safe from lead.


Apple Apple pie Beans
BreadBroccoliCarrots
CerealCheeseChocolate candy bar
Corn chipsCupcakesDoughnuts
French friesHot dogsMilk (lowfat)
OatmealOranges or orange juicePeaches
Peanut butterPopcorn (plain or
with a little butter and salt)
Potato chips
RiceRoasted chickenTuna
Yogurt (lowfat)

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Healthy Food Quiz Answers

X Apple O Apple pie X Beans
X Bread X Broccoli X Carrots
X Cereal X CheeseO Chocolate candy bar
O Corn chips O CupcakesO Doughnuts
O French fries O Hot dogs X Lowfat Milk
X Oatmeal X Oranges or
orange juice
X Peaches
X Peanut butter X Popcorn (plain or with
a little butter and salt)
O Potato chips
X Rice X Roasted chicken X Tuna
X Lowfat Yogurt

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