Food and Nutrition

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Across
  1. 3. characterized by a severe protein deficiency.
  2. 6. a nutrient deficiency of niacin
  3. 7. a key nutrient deficency of beri-beri disease
  4. 8. an abnormal enlargement of the thyroid gland due to lack of iodine
  5. 9. also called as "ascorbic acid"
  6. 10. breaks nutrients into parts small enough for your body to absorb and use for energy, growth, and cell repair.
  7. 13. _____ digestion involved the chewing of the food using your teeth, and when your esophagus swallows the food using peristalsis.
  8. 14. those nutrients that the body needs in large amounts.
Down
  1. 1. a diet that lacks calcium and vitamin D will most likely result to ____.
  2. 2. compounds in foods essential to life and health, providing us with energy, the building blocks for repair and growth and substances necessary to regulate chemical processes.
  3. 4. an absolute food deprivation with grossly inadequate amounts of both energy and protein.
  4. 5. one of its role in the body make up enzymes that regulate metabolism
  5. 11. Needed to build and maintain body tissues
  6. 12. a nutrient deficiency of vitamin A that is causes night-blindness.