Across
- 4. a substance that provides nourishment essential for growth and the maintenance of life
- 5. essential to life and nutritional health
- 7. unit is used as a measure of the energy released by food as it is digested by the human body
- 11. major components of nearly every cell and have been called the “body builders”
- 12. mainly sugars and starches that the body breaks down into glucose
Down
- 1. the process of providing or obtaining the food necessary for health and growth
- 2. a natural oily or greasy substance occurring in animal bodies, especially when deposited as a layer under the skin or around certain organs
- 3. inorganic substances that must be ingested and absorbed in adequate amounts to satisfy a wide variety of essential metabolic and/or structural functions in the body
- 6. groups a collection of foods that share similar nutritional properties or biological classifications
- 8. any nutritious substance that people or animals eat or drink or that plants absorb in order to maintain life and growth
- 9. the kinds of food that a person, animal, or community habitually eats
- 10. important to digestion and regularity, weight management, and more