Nutrition and You

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Across
  1. 2. Unsafe diet plans that promise quick weight loss in a very short period of time.
  2. 4. The substances in food that are used by your body to grow and function properly.
  3. 6. A nutrient needed for growth, maintenance, and repair of tissues.
  4. 7. The proportion of body fat to lean mass in your body.
  5. 9. Type of nutrient needed for a healthy body.
  6. 11. Involves uncontrollable urges to eat large amounts of food followed by behavior to avoid weight gain, including forced vomiting.
  7. 12. The body’s main source of energy.
  8. 13. A nutrient needed for growth, maintenance, and repair of tissues.
  9. 14. An eating disorder that causes people to starve themselves.
  10. 15. A food guidance system created by the USDA.
Down
  1. 1. When a person’s diet lacks needed nutrients over a period of time.
  2. 3. A shortage.
  3. 5. When a food protein you have eaten triggers a response by your body’s immune system.
  4. 8. A disease that limits or prevents the body’s ability to properly use energy from food.
  5. 10. Substances needed by the body for growth and maintenance.