Nutrition
Across
- 2. Carotene: a precursor of vitamin A
- 3. found in animal foods such as poultry, meat and fish
- 5. results in palor, cyanosis, tachypnea, irregular pulse, confusion, etc
- 7. Energy Malnutrition: Over 500 billion children face imminent starvation and experience this condition.
- 8. foods that offer the most nutrients per calorie are ________ (non starchy)
- 11. Response: refers to how fast and how high blood sugar levels rise after a meal
- 13. Dieting:_______ ________ is the consistent and successful restriction of energy intake to maintain average or below average body weight.
- 14. a dietary factor -caused by foods high in saturated and trans fat
- 16. oxygenated holding protein of the muscles
- 20. Disease:a genetic disorder characterized by a total intolerance for gluten
- 22. important in energy storage in muscle tissue
- 23. chemicals that bind with free radicals making them inactive
- 25. Helpful to prevent and correct hypertension ( ex: bananas, oranges, milk, radish etc)
Down
- 1. body weight more thank 20% above the ideal weight for a given individual.
- 4. helps maintain a healthy lifestyle when performed 30-60 mins/day
- 6. compounds that are partly dissociate in water to form ions such as the potassium ion and chloride ion
- 9. DRI for adults 19-50 1500 mg/day
- 10. Toxicity: can cause constipation, increased risk of kidney stone formation, interference with absorption of other minerals
- 11. prevent rapid rise in blood glucose levels and consequent rapid rise in insulin levels
- 12. seen in adults, have soft and weak bones that have a lower mineral content
- 15. the absorption of nutrients from food
- 17. important molecule for the nervous system and the production of lactose
- 18. Each gram of fat provides _______ kcal of energy
- 19. Complex carb foods boost the brains level of mood enhancing chemical called _________.
- 21. Disorder: a psychiatric condition that is characterized by severe disturbances in body weight and eating behaviors.
- 24. a small molecule that works with an enzyme
- 26. the condition of excess acid in the blood, indicated by a below normal pH