Health Project
Across
- 1. a sweet crystalline substance obtained from various plants, especially sugar cane and sugar beet, consisting essentially of sucrose, and used as a sweetener in food and drink.
- 3. A group of diseases that result in too much sugar in the blood (high blood glucose).
- 4. a type of diabetes
- 5. the concentration of glucose in the blood.
- 6. a sweet food made with sugar or other sweeteners, typically formed in small, shaped pieces and flavored with chocolate, fruit, or nuts.
- 13. the years of a person's age from 13 to 19.
- 14. condition characterized by slightly elevated blood glucose levels, regarded as indicative that a person is at risk of progressing to Type 2 diabetes.
- 15. a simple sugar which is an important energy source in living organisms and is a component of many carbohydrates.
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- 2. a type of diabetes
- 7. a person who is fully grown or developed.
- 8. a hormone produced in the pancreas by the islets of Langerhans, which regulates the amount of glucose in the blood. The lack of insulin causes a form of diabetes.
- 9. a type of diabetes
- 10. a young human being below the age of puberty or below the legal age of majority.
- 11. a special course of food to which one restricts oneself, either to lose weight or for medical reasons.
- 12. any nutritious substance that people or animals eat or drink or that plants absorb in order to maintain life and growth.