Nutrition Vocabulary

3. An inherited characteristic – in genes.
6. An imbalance of nutrients. It occurs when one or more nutrients are NOT supplied to the body in in the correct amounts. This can lead to….
7. (as defined by the World Health Organisation – WHO) a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing. (Not just absence of disease and infirmity.)
8. Similar to incidence but generally meaning it is widespread.
10. The study of nutrients and their relationship with food and living things.
11. An insufficiency of one or more nutrients
13. A study of who is affected by a disease and which areas etc.
14. The number of people killed by a disease
15. How much there is (e.g. of a disease)

1. This is the food/meals that a person normally eats. There are also special diets (e.g. weight reducing diet.)
2. Steps that an individual, group or the Government might take to prevent/correct nutritional problems.
4. An over supply of one or more nutrients
5. The characteristic signs of a disease – usually physical – which assist diagnosis. Physical effects can include the symptoms.
9. The number of people made ill by a disease
12. A lack of a nutrient. This may lead to a deficiency disease.