Chapter 6 Vocab Crossword Puzzle

2. not consuming enough essential nutrients or calories for normal body function
5. the spreading of bacteria from one food to another
6. weighing more than 10 percent over the standard weight for height
9. minerals that become electrically charged when in solution
10. food poisoning
12. a disorder in which cycles of overeating are followed by some form of purging or clearing of the digestive tract
14. pills, powders, liquid, and other nonfood forms of nutrients
17. the cycle of losing, regaining, losing, and regaining
18. vegetarians who eat only foods of plant origin
19. restoring lost body fluids
20. treated by a process of heating to destroy or slow the growth of pathogens

1. a disorder in which the irrational fear of becoming obese results in severe weight loss from self-induced starvation
3. the ratio of weight to height
4. storing extra glycogen in the muscle
5. a substance that spoils or infects
7. being 10 percent or more below normal weight
8. the body's immune system overreacts to substances in some foods
10. a negative reaction to a food or an ingredient in food that is not related to the body's immune system or to food poisoning
11. excess body fat
13. very large amounts of nutrient supplements
15. foods high in nutrients relative to their caloric content
16. liable to spoil