Health Chapter 10 Nutrition and Health
Across
- 2. compounds found in food that help regulate many body processes.
- 5. the spreading of pathogens from one food to another.
- 10. elements found in food that are used by the body.
- 11. a negative reaction to food that doesn't involve the immune system.
- 14. substances added to a food to produce a desired effect.
- 15. food poisoning.
- 17. a tough complex carbohydrate that the body cannot digest.
- 21. starches and sugars found in foods, which provide your body's main source of energy.
Down
- 1. foods that have a high ratio of nutrients to calories.
- 3. substances in food that your body needs to grow, to repair itself, and to supply you with energy.
- 4. treating a substance with heat to kill or slow the growth of pathogens.
- 6. a set of recommendations about smart eating and physical activity for all Americans.
- 7. is the natural physical drive to eat, promoted by the body's need for food.
- 8. an interactive guide to healthful eating and active living.
- 9. a unit of heat used to measure the energy your body uses and the energy it receives from food.
- 12. a condition in which the bones become fragile and break easily.
- 13. the psychological desire for food.
- 16. a condition in which the body's immune system reacts to substances in some foods.
- 18. a waxy, fatlike substance.
- 19. nutrients the body uses to build and maintain its cells and tissues.
- 20. the process by which your body takes in and uses food.