health
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- heredity
- is the passing down of traits from perent to child
- body composition
- is the amount of fat tissue in your body compared to lean tissue (muscle and bone)
- body mass index
- is a chart used to check healthy body weight by comparing your height to your overall body weight
- healthy bmi ranges
- ages 14-16 boys and girls 16-25
- hunger
- is our bodys natural respons to the need for food
- appetite
- is were you have a desire to eat even if your body is not hungery
- satiety
- is the feelig of beig full
- carbohydrates
- the main and first source of energy our body uses for energy
- fat
- this is the secound source of energy our body uses. its used to olny after the first source of energy is used
- protein
- this is the last source of energy our bodys wants to use. but eating a good source of partein in a meal will make the body full a longer pierod of time
- basel metabolic rate (bmr)
- is minimum the amount of energy you need to sustine life
- energy blance
- energy in= energy out
- obesity
- is the condition when a person is 20% above recommended weight range
- overweight
- is the condition that diescribes a person who is too heavy for thir height
- anorexia nervosa
- is an eating disorder that in voles self-starvation distorted body image, and low body weight
- binge eating
- is the eating of a large amount of food in one sitting
- body image
- is how you see and fell about your appearance and how confortable you are with your body
- bulimia nerosa
- is an eating disorder in which an individual repeatedly eats large a mounts of food than vamitinsitup
- cross- cotamination
- is the transfer of contaminants from one food to another
- fad diet
- is a diet that requires major changes in your eating habits and promises quick results
- food allergy
- is an abnormal respons to a food that is trigg red by the bodys immune system
- food bon illeness
- is an illness caused by eating or drinking a food that contains a toxin or disease causeing microorganism
- lactuse intolerance
- is a redueed ability to digest the milk and suger lactose
- purging
- is behavior that involves vomiting or missusing laxatiues to rid the body of food
- weight management
- is a program of sensible eating and exercise habits that will help keep weight at a healthy level