Nutrition & The Athlete

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Across
  1. 4. Field of science that deals with food and nourishment.
  2. 6. The loss or removal of water from the body.
  3. 7. Eating disorder described as a binge & purge cycle.
  4. 8. Energy needed to heat 1 gram of water by 1 degree Celsius.
  5. 10. An indigestible component of food that helps the keep the digestive track moving.
  6. 12. Macronutrient that is responsible for healing muscle tissue.
  7. 14. Condition consisting of disordered eating, amenorrhea, and osteoporosis.
Down
  1. 1. Macronutrient that serves as the primary source of fuel for energy.
  2. 2. An inorganic food substance that is an element in its purest form.
  3. 3. Eating disorder described as self starvation.
  4. 5. An organic substance that cannot be naturally produced by the body or broken down for energy.
  5. 9. Loss of a menstrual cycle.
  6. 10. Macronutrient responsible for insulation and hormone production.
  7. 11. Eating disorder described as the inability to stop eating.
  8. 13. Macronutrient that makes up 60 -70% of our body weight.