What’s Your Nutrition Eye Q?
Are you one of the 4 in 5 adults who thinks eye health inevitably gets worse with age?[1] If so, you are buying into a common myth! Enhance your eye health by making simple dietary and lifestyle choices to later impact your peepers! Take the quiz below, developed by Dr. Kimberly Reed, Professor of Optometry at the Nova Southeastern University College of Optometry, to find out what you can do, and how your diet plays an important role.
1. How many times a week do you eat at least 2 cups (measured when raw) of dark green leafy vegetables like kale or spinach
- Every day
- Most days
- Rarely or never
2. How often are you eating at least 6 ounces of cold water fish containing DHA omega-3s (examples include salmon, tuna, sardines or mackerel) prepared by baking, grilling, or roasting without added butter or oil?
- Two times or more week
- I eat these kinds of foods occasionally, but less than two times each week
- I almost never eat those foods
3. How often do you fill half of your plate with fruits and vegetables?
- Most of the time
- Some of the time
- Not very often
4. Do you maintain a healthy body weight?
- Yes! All of the time or most of the time, I am within the healthy weight range for my height
- About half the time. My weight fluctuates!
- No, or not usually. Achieving a healthy body weight is a real challenge!
5. How many alcoholic drinks do you have each week? (One drink is defined as 12 oz of beer, 1.5 oz of liquor, 5 oz of wine, or 3.5 oz of mixed drink)
- Three or less
- Four to seven (women) or four to 14 (men)
- More than seven (women) or more than 14 (men)