Chapter 20 Wellness Crossword
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- 3. This vitamin works with calcium to help the body build strong bones and teeth.
- 6. This vitamin helps blood to clot.
- 7. Building blocks that make up proteins.
- 11. Substances in food that are important for the body’s growth and maintenance.
- 12. Reaching your best level of health.
- 13. Is a fat that is found in foods from animal sources.
- 16. Starches and sugars that give the body most of its energy.
- 20. This vitamin helps the body fight infection.
- 23. The desire for food.
- 25. This mineral helps regulate body fluids and helps muscles function properly and can be found in many processed foods.
- 27. A unit used to measure the energy used by the body and the energy that food supplies to the body.
- 28. This mineral helps speed the process of healing.
- 29. Nutrients that are needed to build, repair, and maintain body cells and tissues.
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- 1. This mineral helps calcium and vitamin D keep bones and teeth strong and healthy.
- 2. You cannot live without this. It helps to regulate body functions, carries nutrients, aids in digestion, removes waste, and helps control body temperature.
- 3. Substances needed in small quantities to help regulate body functions.
- 4. Is an important source of energy and regulates body temperature.
- 5. The physical need for food.
- 8. Waxy substance in saturated animal fats.
- 9. is a fat that is found in foods from plant sources.
- 10. A condition in which bones gradually lose their mineral content and become weak and brittle.
- 14. This mineral helps calcium and vitamin D keep bones and teeth strong and healthy.
- 15. This is a grouping of three vitamins (all with different names) that help the body use carbohydrates, fats, and proteins.
- 17. The vitamin prevents oxygen from destroying nutrients and cell membranes.
- 18. Plant material that your body cannot digest.
- 19. Elements needed in small amounts for sturdy bones and teeth, healthy blood, and regular elimination of body wastes.
- 21. This mineral helps build strong bones and teeth.
- 22. This mineral helps muscles contract, produces energy, and regulates many bodily functions.
- 24. Is a vitamin that helps your eyes adjust to the darkness.
- 26. This mineral helps carry oxygen to your brain, muscles, and body’s cells.