Nutrition

1. Sometimes known as “blood sugar”
6. Providing all of the essential nutrients, fiber, and energy in amounts sufficient to maintain health
8. Physically inactive
10. Sudden tissue death caused by blockages of vessels that feed the heart
11. the physiological drive for food
12. Food is broken down into absorbable units
13. Found in meat, poultry, fish, eggs, milk, nuts, and seeds
17. A form of carbohydrate found in plant foods that is not digested by the human digestive enzymes
18. Chemical substances obtained from food and used in the body
19. Providing foods of a number of types in proportion to each other
20. The body’s ability to recognize and eliminate foreign invaders, such as bacteria

2. units by which energy is measured
3. Condition caused by excess or deficient food energy or nutrient intake, or by an imbalance of nutrients
4. Higher than normal blood pressure
5. Providing enough—but not too much—of a substance
7. The addition to a food of nutrients that were lost during processing
9. Eating a wide selection of foods within and among the major food groups
14. Organic, essential nutrients required in small amounts by the body for health
15. The characteristics that enable to body to perform physical activity
16. Altered glucose regulation and utilization