Across
- 2. a waxy, fatlike substance.
- 7. are nutrients the body uses to build and maintain its cells and tissues.
- 8. a tough complex carbohydrate that the body cannot digest.
- 9. substances added to a food to produce a desired effect
- 11. are starches and sugars found in foods, which provide your body's main source of energy.
- 12. a condition in which the bones become fragile and break easily.
- 13. are compounds found in food that help regulate many body processes.
- 15. are elements found in food that are used by the body.
- 17. or food poisoning.
- 19. is the psychological desire for food.
- 20. the spreading of pathogens from one food to another.
Down
- 1. are a set of recommendations about smart eating and physical activity for all Americans.
- 3. is the natural physical drive to eat, promoted by the body's need for food.
- 4. the process by which your body takes in and uses food.
- 5. these foods have a high ratio of nutrients to calories.
- 6. is a condition in which the body's immune system reacts to substances in some foods.
- 8. a negative reaction to food that doesn't involve the immune system.
- 10. substances in food that your body needs to grow, repair itself, and to supply you with energy.
- 14. is a unit of heat used to measure the energy your body uses and the energy it receives from food.
- 16. and interactive guide to helpful eating and active living.
- 18. is treating a substance with heat to kill or slow the growth of pathogens.
