Across
- 1. When you don’t eat enough food therefore you don’t give enough nutrients
- 3. any of a large group of organic compounds occurring in foods and living tissues and including sugars, starch, and cellulose
- 6. anything that is intended to supply energy or nourishment
- 8. Maintaining yourself at a minimum level
- 13. lack of nutrition
- 15. the branch of knowledge concerned with the diet and its effects on health, especially with the practical application of a scientific understanding of nutrition
- 16. the food or other substances necessary for growth, health, and good condition
- 18. process of obtaining food necessary for growth and health
Down
- 1. A long, tube-like organ that absorbs nutrients and water from food to help the body function
- 2. A unit used to measure how much energy your body will get from certain foods
- 4. a person's mental or physical condition
- 5. food available or to be served in a restaurant or meal
- 7. The organs that take in food and liquids and break them down into substances that the body can use for energy
- 9. a substance that provides nourishment essential for growth and the maintenance of life
- 10. nourishment; sustenance
- 11. The protein found in wheat, rye, and barley
- 12. the kinds of food that a person, animal, or community habitually eats
- 14. a simple sugar which is an important energy source in living organisms and is a component of many carbohydrates
- 15. When you don’t take in as much liquids as you use
- 17. a thread or filament from which a vegetable tissue, mineral substance, or textile is formed