Nutrition Crossword

2. This food group includes the foods: made from seafood; meat, poultry, eggs, beans, peas, lentils, nuts, and seeds.
5. Nutrients in the food that we need to grow and be healthy.
6. Usually found in salt, this mineral helps the body to balance the amount of water.
8. A word that describes things that are natural or related to nature.
9. A type of diet in which a person does not eat any animal products.
10. A type of diet in which a person does not eat any meat, chicken, or seafood.
12. Calcium, magnesium, and iron are all examples of this nutrient that our body needs in small amounts.
15. A percentage of how much of a nutrient is in one serving of food compared to the recommended amount for a day is.
16. A drink that our body needs.
17. This is a food group that contains the part of a flowering plant that contains the seeds, such as apples.
18. When the amount of sugar and fats is more than the amount of nutrients in a food.

1. This food group includes food made from wheat, rice, oats, cornmeal, barley such as bread and cereal.
3. The study of food and how it works in your body.
4. This food group includes: milk, yogurt, cheese, lactose-free milk and fortified soy milk and yogurt
6. On a nutrition label, ________________ would let the person know the specific amount they should measure out to eat.
7. This food group is made up of the leaves, stems, roots, or other parts of certain plants that people eat
11. Decisions a person makes to follow a specific and set plan for food
13. A unit of measure, that measures how much energy is in food.
14. This is the main source of energy from our food for the body, it includes sugar and starch. It is more commonly referred to as “carbs”.