Nutrition

3. a person strongly fears gaining weight and starves themselves
8. helps build strong bones and teeth
9. the amount of money that a family has to spend on food can influence what they eat
10. a unit of heat that measures the energy available in foods
11. a method for assessing your body size
13. substances in food that your body needs to grow, have energy, and stay healthy
14. a person repeatedly eats large amounts of food and then purges
15. physical need for food
16. nutrients that promote growth, give you energy, and keep your skin healthy
19. visual reminder to help consumers make healthy food choices
20. starches and sugars found in foods
21. a nutrient that helps control the amount of fluid in your body
23. psychological desire for food
26. a person is more than 20 percent higher than what is appropriate for their height, age, and body frame
27. small units that make up a protein
28. foods that have a high amount of nutrients relative to the number of calories
30. the "good" fat that comes from plants

1. contributes to healthy blood
2. compounds that help to regulate body processes
4. the process of taking in food and using it for energy, growth, and good health
5. the "bad" type of carb found in sugars
6. a complex carb that helps carry waste out of your body
7. the type of cholesterol that sticks to the walls of blood vessels
9. foods that offer few nutrients but do supply calories
10. the "good" type of carb found in starches
12. substances the body uses to form healthy bone and teeth
17. the balance between the calories you take in from food and the calories your body uses through activity
18. one of the five food groups that include leafy greens
22. weighing more than the appropriate weight for your gender, height, age, and body frame
24. a nutrient group used to build and repair cells
25. the "bad" fat that comes from an animal and can increase your risk of heart disease
29. essential to every body function you have