Nutrition

4. a substance that provides nourishment essential for growth and the maintenance of life
5. essential to life and nutritional health
7. unit is used as a measure of the energy released by food as it is digested by the human body
11. major components of nearly every cell and have been called the “body builders”
12. mainly sugars and starches that the body breaks down into glucose

1. the process of providing or obtaining the food necessary for health and growth
2. a natural oily or greasy substance occurring in animal bodies, especially when deposited as a layer under the skin or around certain organs
3. inorganic substances that must be ingested and absorbed in adequate amounts to satisfy a wide variety of essential metabolic and/or structural functions in the body
6. groups a collection of foods that share similar nutritional properties or biological classifications
8. any nutritious substance that people or animals eat or drink or that plants absorb in order to maintain life and growth
9. the kinds of food that a person, animal, or community habitually eats
10. important to digestion and regularity, weight management, and more