Nutrition
Across
- 3. Substances in food that your body needs to function.
- 7. Weighing less than is healthy for a person of your gender, height, age, and body type.
- 9. Small units that make up protein.
- 10. The body's physical need for food.
- 11. An eating disorder in which a strong fear of weight gain leads people to starve themselves is ___________ nervosa.
- 13. Nutrients that promote normal growth, give you energy, and keep your skin healthy
- 14. Nutrients used to build and repair cells.
- 15. Weight more than is healthy for a person of your gender, height, age, and body type.
- 16. ____________ eating is a disorder in which a person repeatedly eats too much food at one time.
Down
- 1. Compounds that help to regulate body functions.
- 2. The starches and sugars found in foods, especially plant foods.
- 4. An eating disorder in which a person repeatedly eats large amounts of food then purges is ___________ nervosa.
- 5. The study of nutrients and how the body uses them.
- 6. Elements in foods that help your body work properly.
- 8. A unit of heat that measures the energy available in food.
- 12. The emotional desire for food.