Across
- 3. main source of energy, a major nutrient
- 6. serious health problem caused by poor nutrition over a prolonged period
- 9. a severe nutrient shortage
- 10. keep your brain functioning, your skeleton moving and your heart beating
- 12. help build, repair and maintain body tissues
Down
- 1. new nutrition recommendations to help North Americans stay healthy
- 2. transporting nutrients
- 4. amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of one kilogram
- 5. a mixture of plant materials that is not broken down in the digestive system
- 7. will become a part of body tissues
- 8. help regulate many vital body processes
- 11. essential to life