DIGESTION

1. the food we consume on a daily basis.
4. undernourishment causing a child's weight to be significantly low for their age.
8. VALUE/ nutrients found in a specific food and the role it plays within the body.
10. the process by which food is digested in the body.
12. a small rounded mass of a substance, especially of chewed food at the moment of swallowing.
13. types of food that is needed in small amounts in the diet.
14. dietary material containing substances such as cellulose, lignin, and pectin, that are resistant to the action of digestive enzymes.
15. a deficiency of vitamin B1
16. a form of malnutrition caused by protein deficiency in the diet.
18. a compound of sterol type found in most body tissues.
20. the process of providing or obtaining the food necessary for health and growth.
21. difficulty emptying the bowels.

1. inflation of a diverticulum especially in the colon
2. type of food required in large amounts in the diet.
3. process by which food is crushed by the teeth.
5. the process by which green plants make food.
6. substance that provides nourishment essential for the maintenance of life and for growth.
7. refers to the lack of one or more essential nutrient.
9. any nutritious substance that people or animals eat or drink.
11. the process by which one thing absorbs or is absorbed by another.
17. pulpy acidic fluid which passes from the stomach to the small intestine consisting of gastric juice and partly digested food.
19. an enlargement of the thyroid gland.