Health ch 10 and 11 vocab

2. having an excess of body fat
6. compounds found in food that help regulate many body processes
9. a measure of body weight relative to height
11. What is a unit of heat used to measure the energy your body uses and you receive it from food?
13. heaver than the standard weight range for your height
14. the processes by which the body breaks down substances and gets energy from food
16. a tough, complex, carbohydrate that the body can not digest
17. below the standard weight range for your height
18. a condition in which the body's immune system reacts to substances in some foods
19. treating a substance with heat to kill or slow the growth of pathogens

1. nutrients the body uses to build and maintain its cells and tissues
3. the natural physical drive to eat, prompted by the body's need for food
4. What is the process by which your body takes in and uses food?
5. a person who eats mostly or only plant based foods
7. an eating disorder that involves cycles of overeating then purging
8. elements found in foods that are used by the body
10. very large amount
12. a repeated pattern of losing and regaining body weight
15. an eating disorder which an irrational fear of weight gain leads people to starve themselves