6th Grade Nutrition

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Across
  1. 2. A unit of heat that measures energy available in foods
  2. 3. Image How you view your body
  3. 4. Food Guidance System A system designed to help Americans make healthful food choices 
  4. 6. Tough stringy part of fruits, raw vegetables, cow, whole wheat and other whole grains. 
  5. 7. The process of taking food and using it for energy growth and good health 
  6. 8. A mineral that helps control the amount of fluid in your body
  7. 9. A waxy chemical our bodies produce and need in small amounts
  8. 12. Elements in foods that help your body work properly
  9. 13. Fats Fats found in many animal products such as butter, meat and cheese 
  10. 14. Nutrients that help regulate body functions
Down
  1. 1. Disorder An extreme eating behavior that can seriously damage your body
  2. 2. Sugar and starches contained in foods
  3. 5. Start off as oils and are made solid through processing
  4. 7. Substances in food that your body needs to carry out it's normal functions 
  5. 10. Nutrients found in fatty animal tissue and plant oils
  6. 11. Nutrients that provide the building blocks your body needs for growth 