Nutrition vocabulary
Across
- 3. Nervosa Anorexia is characterized by a distorted body image, with an unwarranted fear of being overweight.
- 4. Image Body image refers to how an individual sees their own body and how attractive they feel themselves to be.
- 6. Proteins are large, complex molecules that play many critical roles in the body.
- 8. Carbohydrates (CHO), Lipids (fats), Proteins, Vitamins, Minerals, Water
- 9. Nutrition is the biochemical and physiological process by which an organism uses food to support its life.
- 10. Vitamins are substances that your body needs to grow and develop normally. There are 13 vitamins your body needs; Each has specific jobs.
Down
- 1. Carbohydrates, or carbs, are sugar molecules.
- 2. In nutrition, biology, and chemistry, fat usually means any ester of fatty acids, or a mixture of such compounds, most commonly those that occur in living beings or in food.
- 5. A mineral is a naturally occurring inorganic element or compound having an orderly internal structure and characteristic chemical composition, crystal form, and physical properties.
- 7. nervosa A serious eating disorder marked by binging, followed by methods to avoid weight gain.