Health 8th grade chapter 9
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- What is the process of taking in and using nutrition?
- Nutrition
- What is the food and drink that we regularly choose to consume?
- diet
- What are substances in foods that your body needs?
- nutrients
- What are the starches and sugars that provide the body with most if its energy?
- carbohydrates
- What are needed to build, repair, and maintain body cells and tissues?
- proteins
- What are chains of building blocks that make up proteins?
- amino acids
- What are nutrients that the body needs in small amounts for proper functioning?
- vitamins
- What is the class of nutrients that are needed in small amounts for the body to work properly?
- minerals
- What nutrients are a source of energy to the body?
- fats
- What fats are found in meats and some dairy products?
- saturated fats
- What are the liquid fats that are generally found in vegetable oils?
- unsaturated fats
- What is the most common nutrient?
- water
- What are the guidelines called for the amount of each nutrient to be eaten each day?
- RDA or Recommended Dietary Allowance
- What is the guide to daily food choices from five groups of healthy foods called?
- Food Guide Pyramid
- What is the part of fruits, vegetables, grains and beans that your body cannot digest?
- fiber
- What is the fatty, wax-like substance that helps your body make other substances that it needs?
- cholesterol
- What is a chemical found in in some plants that can make your heart beat faster?
- caffeine
- What to you have when you reach the weight that is best for you and then stay at that weight?
- weight control
- What is the weight that is best for you?
- desired weight
- What is it when a person is more than the desired weight for his and her sex?
- overweight
- What is it when a person is at a more serious condition than being overweight?
- obesity
- What is a unit of heat that measures the energy available in different foods or use up during exercise?
- calorie
- What are foods that contain large amounts of nutrients relative to the number of calories they provide?
- nutrient density
- What are extreme and damaging eating behaviors that can lead to sickness and even death?
- eating disorders
- What is an eating disorder characterized by self-starvation leading to extreme weight loss?
- anorexia nervosa
- What is the condition in which the body doesn't get the nutrients it needs to grow and function properly?
- malnutrition
- What is the condition in which people repeatedly eat large amounts of food and then try to get rid of the food they have eaten?
- bulimia